"We are at this moment on a road to Hell."
I discussed the Espionage Act, Julian Assange, and his own experiences with the Pentagon Papers, with the one and only on my show tonight:
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Thank you Medhi, you are one of few journalists that talk about Assange. Our government wants him to rot in prison because he exposed their lies. Doesn’t sound much like a Free Press.
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I always admire Mehdi’s skill of expression but disagree on this one. I hope Julian is sealed away in Florence supermax.
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This is one of a handful of issues that you and I agree on. I wish Julian Assange would extradite himself to stand trial on condition it not be held in DC. It would be a huge test of 1st amendment rights. Same with Ed Snowden.
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Any trial would be in the Espionage court though. And there is no public interest defence to the Espionage act.
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Thank you, Mr. Ellsberg, so much for your valiant defense of Julian Assange. Thank you, Mr. Hasan, for allowing a bit of this information to air. Please consider interviewing Carey Shenkman, co-author of a great book on the Espionage Act and Freedom of the Press. It’s a horrible… Show more
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Great seeing Dan looking so good & speaking so articulately. & many Thanks to Mehdi for maintaining an oasis in the
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Assange, Australian citizen "remains at Belmarsh as he fights a US attempt to extradite him to face charges in connection with the publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents about the Afghanistan and Iraq wars as well as diplomatic cables" The Guardian
BIG espionage
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Mehdi, I don't see Assange as a journalist. He and his organisation are spies and thieves basically. He encourage people to break oath, and to steal classified documents to enhance his orgs credibility.
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