Wednesday, March 30, 2011

WikiLeaks and the First Amendment

The political establishment appears to be very serious about prosecuting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. WikiLeaks, meanwhile, appears to be repositioning the organization, moving away from anarchism and embracing a more journalistic identity perhaps to strengthen their First Amendment rights in legal confrontations. The article also raises the question of whether the Obama Administration might have had something to do with Sweden's bizarre and highly unusual action in charging and attempting to extradite Assange, right after WikiLeaks released thousands of classified documents relating to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The reversals of support by PayPal, Amazon and Visa may also have been a response to political pressures from the government. Without transparency we may never know...
http://www.truth-out.org/wikileaks-and-first-amendment68886

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