and his family and his supporters around the world, as well as for press freedom advocates here in the united states who have been quite concerned about a judicial ruling that would endorse the us government s interpretation of the espionage act and its consistency with the first amendment. first amendment being the right to free speech, just to remind everybody. yes, that s exactly right. freedom of speech, freedom of the press and a handful of other freedoms as well. but those are the ones at issue here. on the other hand, this plea deal really does cast a long shadow over press freedom in the united states. it s not a formal precedent in the sense that a judicial ruling would have been, but it does, i think, set a practical precedent for the possibility of future prosecutions ofjournalists who engage in very similar activities to the activities thatjulian assange has pleaded guilty to. and by that, i m referring to the solicitation of information from sources, the actual r
at the knight first amendment institute at columbia university. i think this plea deal is significant in two respects. i mean, in the first instance, it must be an enormous relief, of course, forjulian assange and his family and his supporters around the world, as well as for press freedom advocates here in the united states who have been quite concerned about a judicial ruling that would endorse the us government s interpretation of the espionage act and its consistency with the first amendment. first amendment being the right to free speech, just to remind everybody. yes, that s exactly right. freedom of speech, freedom of the press and a handful of other freedoms as well. but those are the ones at issue here. on the other hand, this plea deal really does cast a long shadow over press freedom in the united states. it s not a formal precedent in the sense that a judicial ruling would have been, but it does, i think, set a practical precedent for the possibility of future pro
Post9 11 period, and how both the government and his own paper the New York Times suppressed his reporting, including on the Bush Administrations warrantless wiretapping program, for which he later won the Pulitzer Prize. After i told him what was going to be in my book, what they said was, ok, we will think about putting it in the paper but thehey were not committed to it. They wanted to negotiate again with the government. There was a whole series of new meetings with the government. Which was refreshed rating to me. Amy james risen describes meeting with top officials at the cia and the white house. His refusal to name a source would take them to the supreme court. He almost wound up in jail until the Obama Administration blanked. Blinked. The hour. Es risen for all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Trump Administration has proposed allowing offshore oil and gas drilling in nearly all of the United S
His reporting, including on the Bush Administrations warrantless wiretapping program, for which he later won the Pulitzer Prize. After i told him what was going to be in my book, what they said was, ok, we will think about putting it in the paper but they were not committed to it. They wanted to negotiate again with the government. There was a whole series of new meetings with the government. Which was refreshed rating to me. Amy james risen describes meeting with top officials at the cia and the white house. His refusal to name a source would take them to the Supreme Court. He almost wound up in jail until the Obama Administration blanked. Blinked. The hour. Es risen for all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Trump Administration has proposed allowing offshore oil and gas drilling in nearly all of the United States coastal waters. The reversal of the obamaera restrictions would open more than one billio
Post9 11 period, and how both the government and his own paper the New York Times suppressed his reporting, including on the Bush Administrations warrantless wiretapping program, for which he later won the Pulitzer Prize. After i told him what was going to be in my book, what they said was, ok, we will think about putting it in the paper but thehey were not committed to it. They wanted to negotiate again with the government. There was a whole series of new meetings with the government. Which was refreshed rating to me. Amy james risen describes meeting with top officials at the cia and the white house. His refusal to name a source would take them to the Supreme Court. He almost wound up in jail until the Obama Administration blanked. Blinked. The hour. Es risen for all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Trump Administration has proposed allowing offshore oil and gas drilling in nearly all of the United S