Document Dump: Efforts to Track WikiLeaks Supporters Revealed
Julian Assange's attorney comments on documents reported about on Glenn Greenwald's new investigative site showing that U.S. officials sought to get governments worldwide to agree to prosecute Assange, that the British intelligence agency has a program to identify computers used to search for the whistle-blowing publisher WikiLeaks, and more.
Michael Ratner, attorney for Julian Assange, comments on documents reported about on Glenn Greenwald’s new investigative site showing that U.S. officials sought to get governments worldwide to agree to prosecute Assange, that the British intelligence agency has a program to identify computers used to search for the whistle-blowing publisher WikiLeaks, and more.
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TD Column
What is the constitutional fallout from the first conviction of a publisher under the Espionage Act of 1917?
Ear to the Ground
After 14 years without freedom of movement, the WikiLeaks founder leaves London on a $500,000 flight to avoid stepping on the U.S. mainland.
Activism
The whistleblower’s combination of humanism and realism is still with us, one year after his death.
Courts & Law
This is the first signal that attitudes are shifting in Washington towards the Wikileaks founder regarding his extradition.
Opinion
For starters, negotiating a plea deal would help shore up flagging support on the left.
TD Column
He can be extradited if the U.S. gives “assurances” his First Amendment rights will be protected and he doesn’t face the death penalty.
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