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The American press has remained in denial for 40 years--since my case--that the Espionage Act has wording that could be aimed directly at them. Now they're staring down the barrel of that Act, which could be used against American journalists and publishers for doing journalism.
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Pentagon Papers whistleblower @DanielEllsberg says Julian Assange's extradition trial puts U.S. journalists at risk. "The American press is staring right down the barrel at the use of the Espionage Act against American journalists and publishers for doing journalism."
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👏So true! And Julian Assange will be used as a scapegoat and his punishment will be toward journalists who tells the truth. They want to silence and/or cut down as much as the 1st Amendment as they can.
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The US only wants to protect the journalists who collaborate with the military industrial complex and parrot their narrative. I have a series of historical quizzes on my page that readers may be interested in taking. Here's one of about a dozen:
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PLS VOTE & RT After the 1991 Gulf War, Richard Haas of the Bush I Administration's National Security Council, thanked a group for being "our chief tool in selling our policy." Was he referring to:
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