Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-22 12:05:38 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3321033AF363A69EA324B103B1B0288BB540C15126533B048B8D4FD7E471E69E
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Personal opinion. NNN. Legal scholars have strongly argued that SCOTUS should find the use of Espionage Act(under which Assange is charged) overbroad and unconstitutional in the absence of a public interest defense: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/30/daniel-ellsberg-snowden-fair-trial-kerry-espionage-act https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP05C01629R000200460004-2.pdf https://sgp.fas.org/library/edgar.pdf https://theintercept.com/2018/11/16/as-the-obama-doj-concluded-prosecution-of-julian-assange-for-publishing-documents-poses-grave-threats-to-press-freedom/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufRpvfeUkak Assange rape investigation was dropped in 2019: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50473792
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