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The DNC's Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks Is an Attack on the Freedom of the Press
It's a large world, filled with felonies big and misdemeanors small. And so I prefer to write long columns. But sometimes a short, sharp word is necessary. The Democratic Party is suing WikiLeaks and they shouldn't. As Glenn Greenwald wrote last week in The Intercept:
The Democratic National Committee filed a lawsuit this afternoon in a Manhattan federal court against the Russian government, the Trump campaign, and various individuals it alleges participated in the plot to hack its email servers and disseminate the contents as part of the 2016 election. The DNC also sued WikiLeaks for its role in publishing the hacked materials, though it does not allege that WikiLeaks participated in the hacking or even knew in advance about it; its sole role, according to the DNC's lawsuit, was publishing the hacked emails.
As Greenwald points out, the Dems' claim that "WikiLeaks is liable for damages it caused when it 'willfully and intentionally disclosed' the DNC's communications ... would mean that any media outlet that publishes misappropriated documents or emails (exactly what media outlets quite often do) could be sued by the entity or person about which they are reporting."
After the Manning releases in 2010, the Obama Justice Department wanted to sue WikiLeaks. However, they couldn't prove that anyone from WikiLeaks had actually stolen documents. They knew that suing WikiLeaks would have infringed on press freedom. Sue WikiLeaks, and you have to sue the Washington Post as well.
The DNC has no such qualms now.
Also at Al Jazeera.
See also: Why the DNC Is Fighting WikiLeaks and Not Wall Street
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday May 03 2018, @07:17PM (2 children)
Carter was and is an honorable man, orders of magnitude better than ANYONE since Truman and anyone after him. His presidency was before my time, at least in this body, but he's someone I could comfortably vote for. What are the chances we'll ever see his kind running for President again, though?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by Arik on Thursday May 03 2018, @08:59PM (1 child)
I saw something similar in Ron Paul but of course no one like that will be allowed to win the office again as things stand.
Unless they sneak in with the Trump maneuver, of course, but that one will probably never work again now that it's been seen once.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday May 04 2018, @04:13AM
Ron Paul is not worthy to tie Carter's shoes. You're delusional.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...