Glenn Greenwald

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Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

That so many are uncritically accepting at face value the claims of Assange’s lawyer in court as she tries to prevent her client’s extradition to US to face the Trump Admin’s indictment is sheer madness, but indicative of how brains breaks in the US when “Russia” is uttered. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 19, 2020 Hibernated

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Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Former NYT General Counsel James Goodale - who defended the paper during Nixon’s censorship effort over Pentagon Paper - is a genuine defender of press freedom, not just when his friends are attacked. Here he argues why the Assange indictment is a grave danger to all journalists: — PolitiTweet.org

The cases against Assange and Greenwald both represent governments moving to criminalize "standard journalistic beh… https://t.co/eEZYI4g8SW

Posted Feb. 19, 2020 Hibernated

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To recap: * The Obama Admin refused to indict Assange over the 2010 Manning leaks, seeing it as threatening press freedom. * The Trump Admin ignored that concern and concocted a theory to criminalize Assange for publishing those docs. * Most Dems side with the Trump Admin. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 19, 2020 Hibernated