Let me assist you in understanding: "This report identifies some criminal statutes that may apply [to dissemination of classified documents], but notes that these have been used almost exclusively to prosecute individuals with access to classified information (and a corresponding obligation to protect it) who make it available to foreign agents, or to foreign agents who obtain classified information unlawfully while present in the United States. Leaks of classified information to the press have only rarely been punished as crimes, and *we are aware of no case in which a publisher of information obtained through unauthorized disclosure by a government employee has been prosecuted for publishing it*. There may be First Amendment implications that would make such a prosecution difficult, not to mention political ramifications based on concerns about government censorship."
That is the key paragraph of the article. You cannot prosecute a journalist, newspaper, or website for publishing documents which it received. It has never happened in the history of the United States. To assist you further - it begs the question on what grounds does the United States propose to prosecute Assange, or Wikileaks, and on what grounds is the United States threatening companies to not support Wikileaks? On 10 December 2010 10:21, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > What is that a joke? A bunch of random paragraphs that don't state > anything? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332654 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
