23.04.2017 - 14:48 [ Techdirt ]

The US Charging Assange For Publishing Documents Would Be An Unprecedented Attempt To Chill A Free Press

Obama waged a war on whistleblowers during his eight-year run. Sure, it was done under a sunny facade of „transparency,“ but the former president set the gold standard for whistleblower prosecutions, performing more than every other president until then… combined.

Punishing whistleblowers is for amateurs. The Trump Administration will show everyone how it‘s done.