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9/21/23 Trevor Timm on Assange, the Espionage Act and Growing Pressure from the Australians

9/21/23 Trevor Timm on Assange, the Espionage Act and Growing Pressure from the Australians

FromScott Horton Show - Just the Interviews


9/21/23 Trevor Timm on Assange, the Espionage Act and Growing Pressure from the Australians

FromScott Horton Show - Just the Interviews

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Sep 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Trevor Timm of the Freedom of the Press Foundation joins the show to give an overview of the U.S.’s case against Julian Assange. They look back at why Obama was uncharacteristically reluctant to charge Assange. That brings them to the current case, brought by the Trump Administration and continued by Biden. They explain the case, debunk the common characterization of Assange as a hacker and finish with a quick look at why Australian officials may be the best chance for an Assange pardon. 
Discussed on the show:
“Prosecuting Assange threatens press freedom. US officials should not need the Australians to explain that to them” (Freedom of the Press Foundation)
Trevor Timm is a co-founder and the executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation. He is a journalist, activist, and lawyer whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, USA Today, The Atlantic, and many others. Follow him on Twitter @trevortimm.
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Released:
Sep 24, 2023
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This podcast is for individual interviews on the Scott Horton Show. See the Q & A show feed to hear Scott answer listener questions and for the full show archives. Scott Horton is the author of Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, and is the host of the Scott Horton Show podcast. He has conducted over 5,500 interviews with authors, journalists, activists, and whistleblowers on the most important foreign policy issues since 2003.