Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald · Feb 21, 2024
In May, 2019, I wrote a WPost op-ed warning that the Assange precedent would empower the state to criminalize all investigative journalism.
8 months later, Brazil's DOJ tried to prosecute me for my reporting using *exactly that theory.*
This is why this case is so dangerous:
System Update@systemupdate_· Feb 21, 2024Why the ongoing prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is—without a doubt—the most extreme assault on press freedoms in the West:
It sets a precedent that criminalizes the most basic act of investigative journalism—as Glenn himself both predicted and experienced 👇
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
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05:16 PM · February 21, 2024 · 63.8K views
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