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Title: Explanation Please? (Classified Information)
Post by: mrclose on August 04, 2017, 05:50:24 PM

Can someone explain to me the difference in bringing Julian Assange back for prosecution because of his releasing classified information but it's okay for the media to release classified information? :???:

Title: Re: Explanation Please? (Classified Information)
Post by: J P Sousa on August 04, 2017, 06:22:26 PM

Quote from: mrclose on August 04, 2017, 05:50:24 PM

Can someone explain to me the difference in bringing Julian Assange back for prosecution because of his releasing classified information but it's okay for the media to release classified information? :???:

Julian Assange is not a "preferred" liberal I'm guessing, while the Washington Post is anti-Trump and anti-American both of which gives the Post "special rights".  :whistling:

Title: Re: Explanation Please? (Classified Information)
Post by: Drafe Hoblin on August 05, 2017, 09:45:39 AM

Quote from: mrclose on August 04, 2017, 05:50:24 PM

Can someone explain to me the difference in bringing Julian Assange back for prosecution because of his releasing classified information but it's okay for the media to release classified information? :???:

Because Assange just releases data. 

No editorializing. 

The media has the power to detract leaks, apologize for them... manipulate, and be manipulated by anonymous-sources.

So whether Assange is your villain or your hero, his information is trustworthy.

Hence the media is virtually never trustworthy.