Micah Lee 🫡

Micah Lee 🫡 @micahflee

"The Obama administration considered charging Mr. Assange under the Espionage Act but never did out of concerns that such a case could chill traditional journalism" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Snowden: The Department of Justice just declared war––€”not on Wikileaks, but on journalism itself. This is no longer about Julian Assa… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FreedomofPress: Important @PittsburghPG editorial: "Amend the Espionage Act: Public interest defenses must be allowed" The prosecution… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @samfbiddle: I think that Facebook has an obligation to tell its 2 billion users things like "the way you use our app could end up invis… — PolitiTweet.org

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@mairin @jamesvasile @K_REY_C @ACLU @FreedomofPress @sparrowmedia This is a federal grand jury — PolitiTweet.org

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@mairin @jamesvasile @K_REY_C @ACLU @FreedomofPress @sparrowmedia Sure, I understand the need for secrecy sometimes. But there are many, many cases, going back decades, where contempt is used as a weapon against activist communities, jailing innocent people, and causing harassment and intimidation, and that is an abuse of the GJ system — PolitiTweet.org

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@mairin @jamesvasile @K_REY_C @ACLU @FreedomofPress @sparrowmedia Are you sure this was an option for her? I think it wasn't, and immunity was forced on her, and she doesn't have the option to waive it. This is how they're coercing her to testify — PolitiTweet.org

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@jamesvasile @mairin @K_REY_C @ACLU @FreedomofPress @sparrowmedia Immunity is part of how the grand jury loophole works. They say the 5th amendment doesn't apply because they're granting immunity, so you can't incriminate yourself. I don't think she "accepted" it so much as it was part of the order — PolitiTweet.org

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@mairin @K_REY_C @ACLU @FreedomofPress It's wrong to force someone to testify in secret without their consent. This loophole in the justice system has been successfully abused over and over against radical activists (and sometimes, successfully resisted). So like many before her, she refuses to participate — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kenklippenstein: San Francisco police raided a journalist’s home, seized his computers, phones and notebooks, and handcuffed him for si… — PolitiTweet.org

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@jamesvasile @mairin @K_REY_C @ACLU @FreedomofPress Check out all the updates on @sparrowmedia, which are from her legal defense. This was the statement she made to the judge when refusing to answer questions https://t.co/2Uf6K5G539 https://t.co/WgtKnzPPAb — PolitiTweet.org

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@jamesvasile @mairin @K_REY_C @ACLU @FreedomofPress It's more than that. Grand juries have a long history of being abused to intimidate and harass activist communities, and she thinks being forces to testify without consent violates her 1st, 4th, and 6th amendment rights no matter the case. Some background https://t.co/9VoWLwL7J1 — PolitiTweet.org

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@mairin @K_REY_C @ACLU @FreedomofPress Also she talks about it in this interview she gave after getting released from jail for the first grand jury but before she went back for the second. It's worth watching https://t.co/xkCQ0vSvha — PolitiTweet.org

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@mairin @K_REY_C @ACLU @FreedomofPress Listen to her statements to understand her rationale better. What she's being subjected to is really messed up https://t.co/Agegtmf9po — PolitiTweet.org

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@mairin @K_REY_C @ACLU @FreedomofPress The grand jury is about WikiLeaks in 2010, has nothing to do with their 2016 behavior (and neither does Chelsea). Indictment against JA also has no new evidence. But in any case, she's refusing to testify on principal, bc this type of grand jury subpoena is unconstitutional — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EmilyGorcenski: I’m old enough to remember when Chelsea Manning went to jail twice for this https://t.co/A444NquiJo — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jeremyscahill: Accused drone whistleblower Daniel Hale pleads not guilty in federal court in Virginia. Next hearing is July 12. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @zenalbatross: Good morning to everyone except U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger and District Judge Anthony Trenga, who threw @xychel… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FreedomofPress: It's unacceptable that any reporters should face legal threats for publishing or reporting on secret government informa… — PolitiTweet.org

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@EuphoniusNuts Ah look, a climate science denier — PolitiTweet.org

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France takes unprecedented action against reporters who published secret government document https://t.co/4x3v4Q1vxm by @rj_gallagher — PolitiTweet.org

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In order to be more accurate, they're using the terms "climate emergency, crisis or breakdown" instead of "climate change", "global heating" instead of "global warming", and "climate science denier" instead of "climate sceptic" — PolitiTweet.org

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Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses about the environment https://t.co/l2hpYpPfPl — PolitiTweet.org

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@MoizSyed @sisiwei Congratulations, that's awesome! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MoizSyed: I'm SO HAPPY to join Propublica's incredible News Apps team! I've looked up to their work forever and this opportunity is a d… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nycabc: If @xychelsea resists for the potential full term of the grand jury, the fines will total about $600,000. This is vile. https:/… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BriannaWu: Can someone please explain to me why Chelsea Manning is in jail for refusing to comply with a subpoena, but members of the T… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sadydoyle: The actual allegations against Julian Assange (TW, I guess) are *incredibly violent.* This is the stuff Assange successfully… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @birgittaj: Also very important https://t.co/CZPRVtLuiS — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @evan_greer: BREAKING: the US government’s harassment of whistleblower and activist Chelsea Manning is intensifying. The fines they are… — PolitiTweet.org