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I don't know in which reality you live that state secret takes precedent over criminal activity.
How are you going to handle Trump's indictments then?
Please enlighten me as to how strategically leaking Hillary Clinton's email to hurt her election chances is reporting on "criminal activity"
Assange leaked shit to manipulate opinions in a way he directed, and was fed info and money from Russia to do so. Nearly all of what he leaked was meaningless info meant solely to influence optics.
That's rather a significant difference from investigative reporting.
Thats not what he is being prossecuted for. He is being prosecuted for publishing secrets given to him by someone else, an activity that American journalists have engaged in forever and part of standard journalism.
Its also concerning because Assange is not a US citizen and was not in the US at the time he published. So he is being prosecuted for sonething which may not be a crime, which was done in a place the US has no jurisdiction, by a foreign citizen.
Lmao ok
"I can't compile a coherent counter argument so here's this"
I don't argue with conspiracy theorists
???
Looking at the downvotes to this I cant help but to feel lemmy is just a higher octane reddit tbh. My man is literally stating facts that no one seems to disagree with
We see the world in different ways.
I see it as exposing corruption within our institutions of power.
I think you see it as, just crimes... and you miss the importance of what these people have risked to inform the public.
It was ground breaking everytime these leaks happen. The problem is that propaganda machines and MSM twist it to lessen the impact everytime. Pitting the common people against those that help see the truth.
edit: words
I tend to somewhat stay hopeful:
Take the wins with the losses.
Coming together to learn and teach, like we do on social media, by talking and interacting with people of different views and backgrounds.
This is a more hopeful than ignoring or name calling people we do not agree with.
To me, I try to stay some what hopeful:
Here ae more quotes, if you are interested: Source where I found the one above.
https://www.azquotes.com/author/15512-Cornel_West
Need to take the wins where we can,
The first amendment gives freedom of the press.
Journalists can publish whatever they want, as long as it's true, even if it contains state secrets.
Watergate was a state secret.
No ot wasn't. The break in was not in the name of the US Government. It was in the name of a presidential candidate.
The information given to the reporters was confidential information. I don't know how to tell you this other than that confidential information held by the government is a state secret. There's no actual term "state secret". There's just public and non-public information and various tiers within that framework.
Yeah you make good points. I think Watergate is still very different because the initial crime wasn't on behalf of or sanctioned by the government. The wider cover-up was to an extent. I think there is some gray area too. Like you say there is no "state secret". But when is confidential information held by the government vs individuals within the government holding confidential information? An individual within the government can keep a secret from both the broader government and the public.
The information Felt released wasn't just something only he knew. It's simply that it wasn't enough on its own and no one was chasing down the proper leads due to the coverup in play. The White House is the government. The administration partook in the coverup. Its just fewer people in the government being part of a coverup. Anything that's illegal is still illegal. The government is behind both, it's simply a matter of how much and what parts of the government.
Oh, we're all well aware how much you care about the world beyond your borders.
That I can find two ways to apply this here and get opposing results, I'm curious to know what context you're sharing this.
Interesting, I don't see the other one. I meant to imply that this guy seems to like to conflate the law with morality with regards to the outrage over Assange, as if he has not reached the post-conventional stage. "Why are people outraged, he broke the law, you can disagree but the law's the law." is how I interpret his thinking, and I think that's childish.
When states hide crimes by making them secret, that is called a cover up. Cover-ups are illegal. Publishing documentation of crimes is not.
State secret that a bunch of broskis in an AC130 were playing target practice with civilians.