True/Slant: How WikiLeaks protects itself
June 14th, 2010Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Online Journalism, Press freedom and ethics
The True/Slant blog first picks up the Daily Beast’s piece on the US government’s alleged pursuit of Wikileaks editor Julian Assange.
Then True/Slant’s Colin Hargen looks at what protection Wikileaks has:
In effect, Assange has been quite clever in setting up WikiLeaks as a media organization and by using credited journalists as conduits for leaked material. What it means for the U.S. government is that it will be very difficult to prosecute WikiLeaks or Assange for whatever role either played (if any) in the alleged leaking of the diplomatic cables.
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