An anonymous reader shares a report: Military prosecutors in the case of a US navy Seal charged with killing an Islamic State prisoner in Iraq in 2017 installed tracking software in emails sent to defense lawyers and a reporter in an apparent attempt to discover who was leaking information to the media, according to lawyers who said they received the corrupted…
Tag: Freedom of the Press
Is Assange’s Arrest a Threat to the Free Press?
He deserves his fate, but it sets a dangerous precedent. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/opinion/julian-assange-wikileaks-first-amendment.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Press Freedoms and the Case Against Julian Assange, Explained
A narrow indictment sidestepped long-running fears that bringing a case against the WikiLeaks founder could undermine press freedoms, but many questions remain.