Editorial: The indictment of Julian Assange is an attack on the freedom of the press
by Los Angeles Times
May 28, 2019
3 minutes
The freedom of the press to publish information of public importance - even if it has been classified as secret by the government - is a vital check on official wrongdoing and deception. However grudgingly, presidential administrations of both parties have accepted that reality by declining to prosecute media organizations under the Espionage Act.
Now the Trump administration has departed dangerously from that policy, bringing new charges Thursday against Julian Assange, the founder of
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