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TreasonousBastard

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11. The 1st is not limited to "The Press". Besides, the press (or anyone else) does not have...
Reply to SHRED (Original post)
Sat Nov 17, 2018, 10:15 PM
Nov 2018

the unlimited right to publish just anything it obtained through any means.

Methinks this defense is more "hail Mary" than anything else.

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Wikileaks [View all] SHRED Nov 2018 OP
Assange's idea of a free press is one that is free to print Russian propaganda. dalton99a Nov 2018 #1
Woodward and Bernstein printed leaked information. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #2
Did they give the information to an enemy of the US in order to influence an election?? boston bean Nov 2018 #3
No, but the question posed remains unanswered. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #4
Not in this case. boston bean Nov 2018 #5
Woodward and Bernstein were informing the public, not practicing espionage. Blue_true Nov 2018 #13
Difficult to escape that conclusion. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #14
... blogslut Nov 2018 #6
Got it thanks SHRED Nov 2018 #8
Not sure if Wikileaks is registered as a news agency here. They would probably be a "foreign agent." TheBlackAdder Nov 2018 #7
Pentagon Papers? Ellsworth walked them out of the Rand Corp? irisblue Nov 2018 #9
And NYT and WaPo both published excerpts. The_jackalope Nov 2018 #10
The 1st is not limited to "The Press". Besides, the press (or anyone else) does not have... TreasonousBastard Nov 2018 #11
He's not an American citizen FakeNoose Nov 2018 #12
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