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2024-02-23 05:34:34 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4E41B91773B217EFC1804B19E88ED0E583745E956C4BB5281207686E51CBBF20
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Assange didn't "unlawfully" publish anything. He is not a U.S. citizen and thus not bound by U.S. law. In any case, publishing classified documents in the public interest is a core function of U.S. national security journalists. (See: Pentagon Papers) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/us/politics/julian-assange-wikileaks-charges.html
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