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[1/4] Laura Poitras has an important piece in @NYTOpinion making the case that prosecuting Julian Assange under the #EspionageAct is a fundamental threat to #pressfreedom. Such a prosecution would set a terrible precedent and put all journalists at risk. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/opinion/laura-poitras-assange-espionage-act.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
[2/4] Your opinion of Julian Assange is not relevant, and it does not matter whether or not you consider him a journalist (I don’t). Does prosecuting Assange under the #EspionageAct represents a fundamental threat to #pressfreedom ? The answer is yes. https://cpj.org/2019/12/press-freedom-julian-assange-wikileaks-defend/
[3/4] Prosecuting Julian Assange under the #EspionageAct represents a threat not just to American journalists but to journalists in every country on the planet. I wrote about this in the @WashingtonPost last year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/24/assange-prosecution-is-threat-journalists-around-world/
[4/4] The extraterritorial application of the #EspionageAct means that any journalist anywhere could potentially be prosecuted under US law and for publishing classified information that US government deems to be classified.
