There is much intersting stuff here. To start: "The US Supreme Court ruled in its decision on the Pentagon Papers that The New York Times was fully within its rights to reveal atrocities committed by the US in the Vietnam war, after whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg broke with the Nixon administration and went public with the secret documents."
That ruling however, did not affect the charges against Daniel Ellsberg. If not for his case being tossed on its ear for, "Gross government misconduct", he'd still be in jail now. That is Private Manning's plight, and he's screwed. I need to think of the others, such as: Assange can't claim 1st Amendment press protections, since he is Australian. The same reason we can't charge him with treason. and Does espionage REALLY only apply to government employees? -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
