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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 4027578" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p><strong>NERMEEN SHAIKH:</strong> And what do you expect, Jesselyn, that will happen now? I mean, in effect, a 45-year sentence—I mean, the charges that he has against him in the U.S. could lead to up to 45 years in prison. Is that what you understand?</p><p></p><p><strong>JESSELYN RADACK:</strong> That’s my understanding. <strong>And this would be an incredibly chilling precedent that would put at risk all journalists and publishers, including <em>Democracy Now!</em>, including <em>The New York Times</em>, <em>The Washington Post</em> and <em>The Guardian</em>, for reporting truthful information, classified or not, which is in the public interest.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>AMY GOODMAN:</strong> Now, what are these charges? They have never actually been revealed, if in fact they are there. Is that correct, Jesselyn?</p><p></p><p><strong>JESSELYN RADACK:</strong> They were apparently inadvertently revealed. These would be charges under the Espionage Act, which, unfortunately, President Obama resurrected, after being dormant for a century, resurrected this old law and has been using it not to go after spies, but rather to go after whistleblowers. And unfortunately, it created a precedent that now President Trump can run with. So, when you suddenly have someone in power that we don’t “trust” the way people trusted Obama, here you’re seeing the full fruition of what that looks like. <strong>And again, this would be an incredibly chilling precedent that has been created today with the arrest of Julian Assange. He is a publisher. He’s a journalist. He’s a media outlet. That puts you and any other reporter, journalist, publisher at risk.</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2019/4/11/julian_assange_of_wikileaks_arrested_in#transcript" target="_blank">Julian Assange of WikiLeaks Arrested in London; Faces U.S. Charge Related to Chelsea Manning Leaks | Democracy Now!</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 4027578, member: 56035"] [B]NERMEEN SHAIKH:[/B] And what do you expect, Jesselyn, that will happen now? I mean, in effect, a 45-year sentence—I mean, the charges that he has against him in the U.S. could lead to up to 45 years in prison. Is that what you understand? [B]JESSELYN RADACK:[/B] That’s my understanding. [B]And this would be an incredibly chilling precedent that would put at risk all journalists and publishers, including [I]Democracy Now![/I], including [I]The New York Times[/I], [I]The Washington Post[/I] and [I]The Guardian[/I], for reporting truthful information, classified or not, which is in the public interest.[/B] [B]AMY GOODMAN:[/B] Now, what are these charges? They have never actually been revealed, if in fact they are there. Is that correct, Jesselyn? [B]JESSELYN RADACK:[/B] They were apparently inadvertently revealed. These would be charges under the Espionage Act, which, unfortunately, President Obama resurrected, after being dormant for a century, resurrected this old law and has been using it not to go after spies, but rather to go after whistleblowers. And unfortunately, it created a precedent that now President Trump can run with. So, when you suddenly have someone in power that we don’t “trust” the way people trusted Obama, here you’re seeing the full fruition of what that looks like. [B]And again, this would be an incredibly chilling precedent that has been created today with the arrest of Julian Assange. He is a publisher. He’s a journalist. He’s a media outlet. That puts you and any other reporter, journalist, publisher at risk.[/B] [URL="https://www.democracynow.org/2019/4/11/julian_assange_of_wikileaks_arrested_in#transcript"]Julian Assange of WikiLeaks Arrested in London; Faces U.S. Charge Related to Chelsea Manning Leaks | Democracy Now![/URL] [/QUOTE]
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