Not literal legal protections? Publishing Bradley Manning's stolen intel cost servicemen's lives, and they knew the damage it would have, did it anyway and they were never punished. They have the literal power to commit espionage live on camera.
As long as they claim "protecting a source" they can get away with crimes that regular people would never see the light of day again for. It's formally codified in about two dozen states, and has been successfully claimed in federal court many times. Especially in the last thirty years.
Same with Assange's password-protected State documents, even if you don't think they were as damaging. He didn't actually leak anything to the public - the media did.
While that faggot should never have been in the military and protections for leakers should be applied evenly, those protections also cover things like the biden laptop, and more importantly the Snowden leaks.
And Trump is being prosecuted despite also committing no crime. The concept of a free press vs the wrong execution of an already hopelessly corrupt government. The corruption doesn't invalidate the entire concept.
Not literal legal protections? Publishing Bradley Manning's stolen intel cost servicemen's lives, and they knew the damage it would have, did it anyway and they were never punished. They have the literal power to commit espionage live on camera.
As long as they claim "protecting a source" they can get away with crimes that regular people would never see the light of day again for. It's formally codified in about two dozen states, and has been successfully claimed in federal court many times. Especially in the last thirty years.
Same with Assange's password-protected State documents, even if you don't think they were as damaging. He didn't actually leak anything to the public - the media did.
While that faggot should never have been in the military and protections for leakers should be applied evenly, those protections also cover things like the biden laptop, and more importantly the Snowden leaks.
No it doesn't cover the Biden laptop. That guy is being prosecuted for "stealing" it even though Huntard forfeited it by leaving it there for years.
That's another example of exactly what I'm talking about.
Why would we not eliminate this blatant double standard if given the chance?
And Trump is being prosecuted despite also committing no crime. The concept of a free press vs the wrong execution of an already hopelessly corrupt government. The corruption doesn't invalidate the entire concept.