Inside The Assange Plea Deal: Why The US Government Abruptly Ended The Case US prosecutors brushed aside calls to end the case against the WikiLeaks founder—until a British appeals court granted a hearing on the First Amendment.
The End Of The Biggest Press Freedom Case Of The Century A global effort by advocates, campaigners, journalists, organizers, and supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pushed President Joe Biden’s administration to finally free Assange.
Assange Is No 'Ordinary Journalist': US Opposes Request For Appeal The U.S. government defended their prosecution of Assange saying he is no "ordinary journalist" and WikiLeaks is not a legitimate publisher.
UK High Court Finally Hears Assange's Request For An Appeal Assange's attorneys claim the WikiLeaks publisher has been prosecuted for exposing U.S. government criminality on a "massive and unprecedented scale."
'Terrorism Enhancement' Applied Against Ex-CIA Programmer For Leaking Represents A Stark Development A United States judge applied a “terrorism enhancement” when sentencing former CIA programmer Joshua Schulte, who was convicted of disclosing "Vault 7" materials to WikiLeaks.
In Leak Prosecutions, US Government Treats Use Of Privacy Tools As Criminal Activity The following article was made possible by paid subscribers of The Dissenter. Become a subscriber and support independent journalism in defense of press freedom. In Espionage Act prosecutions involving leaks, attorneys at the United States (DOJ) consistently treat the use of privacy tools as evidence of criminality. This tendency should
From Prison, Assange Expresses Regret That WikiLeaks Can No Longer Expose War Crimes "WikiLeaks is no longer able to expose war crimes and corruption as in the past," according to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange