Search results for: “JAMES GOODALE”
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Goodale on Assange Case: “Wake up, American Press!”
In an interview with Kevin Gosztola yesterday, James C. Goodale said: Assange is “performing for all practical purposes, and particularly for all legal purposes, all the functions of a journalist. So come on. Wake up, American press! This guy is doing enough of what you’re doing so that, when he’s penalized for what he’s doing,…
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WikiLeaks: While Upholding U.S. Government’s Core Arguments, British Judge Rejects Assange Extradition
Citing harsh federal prison conditions in the United States, a British district court judge rejected the United States government’s extradition request against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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WikiLeaks’ Assange Being “Railroaded” for Exposing War Crimes
The U.S. government seeks to extradite WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange from Britain. Assange’s hearing in London began on Monday and is expected to go on for three weeks.
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Administration Attacks on Free Press: Succeeding Where Nixon Failed?
“Asking courts to treat journalists as criminals under the Espionage Act has only been asserted once before Holder started using it. President Richard M. Nixon used it against New York Times reporter Neil Sheehan, who obtained the Vietnam archives from Daniel Ellsberg. Following the Pentagon Papers case, Nixon convened a grand jury to indict Sheehan…
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“Wake Up!” Obama Nixonian, Shield Law Hollow Says Pentagon Papers Lawyer
“If in fact he [President Obama] goes ahead and prosecutes Julian Assange [of WikiLeaks], he will pass Nixon [in attacking the First Amendment]. He’s close to Nixon now. The AP example is a good example of something that Obama has done but Nixon never did.” Asked about the reporter “shield law” proposed by Sen. Charles…
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DNC Suing WikiLeaks: Part of the “Greatest Threat to Press Freedom”
“The notion that journalistic activity such as cultivating sources and receiving illegally obtained documents could be construed as part of a criminal conspiracy is, according to [The New York Times’ Pentagon Papers lawyer James] Goodale, the ‘greatest threat to press freedom today.’ …