Washington Post: Assange 'Unlikely To Be Prosecuted In US'

vikingpower writes "The Justice Department has all but concluded it will not bring charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing classified documents because government lawyers said they could not do so without also prosecuting U.S. news organizations and journalists, according to U.S. officials." That "all but" probably wouldn't feel all that comforting if this announcement applied to me.

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Oh that's bad

[meta-monkey]

But he's guilty of the Worst Crime Possible in the United States: embarrassing politicians. They'll never just let him get away with it.

The threat of prosecution is at least a small comfort, because it sort of implies they might actually play by some rule book. But if prosecution is off the table, that leaves drone interdiction, indefinite detention, or torture as the only options.

If I were Mr. Assange, the words "no prosecution" would send a cold shiver down my spine.