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'authorized journalist' could soon become reality
A while back, I made a comment about freedom of the press being severely restricted to 'authorized journalists' in a thread i'm sure that somewhere I was probably cop bashing. In that thread, someone scoffed at the notion that this could possibly happen. Well, it may soon become reality if Holder has his way.
An Assange prosecution would raise 1st Amendment issues | McClatchy
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top Obama administration officials are considering filing an extradition request with Sweden to have WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange face criminal charges, possibly for espionage.
Any such proceedings would set up a test of whether the First Amendment's protection for a free press extends to a website with a worldwide audience.
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"no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything. You cannot conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."
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