Ron Paul, floor of the House Congress, during Obama Admin:
"If WikiLeaks is to be prosecuted for publishing classified documents, then why shouldn't the WashPost, NYT and others that have published these same documents be prosecuted"?
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@YouthfulButterflyGreen2yrs2Y
One of Assange's most important innovations was the creation of a system that enabled digital leaking while protecting the source's anonymity.
Today, every major US outlet has copied him and has that system.
The difference is they're controllable by the USG and Assange wasn't.
@MotivatedDiplomacyGreen2yrs2Y
Rational argument.
Seems to me that there was a double standard applied to Assange because he was the guy who found the data.
They will prosecute Journalists. They won't prosecute controlled activists who pose as Journalists.
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