HERE'S A STORY ABOUT WIKILEAKS
THAT HAS SOME VERY IMPORTANT
RAMIFICATIONS, VERY SERIOUS, AND
ALSO WILL HAVE A PREPOSTEROUS
AND HILARIOUS QUOTE FROM DONALD
TRUMP.
1ST THE SERIOUS STUFF.
"POTENTIAL CHARGES AGAINST
ASSANGE AND OTHER MEMBERS OF
WIKILEAKS COULD INCLUDE
CONSPIRACY, THEFT OF GOVERNMENT
PROPERTY, AND OTHER CHARGES
UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACT."
HERE WE GO AGAIN.
THE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, IS
CONSIDERING CHARGES AGAINST
WIKILEAKS.
THAT HAS INDICATIONS FOR ALL THE
PRESS, BECAUSE WIKILEAKS
DIDN'T TAKE ANY OF THE
DOCUMENTS, THEY PUBLISHED THEM.
BY THE WAY, THE WASHINGTON POST
ALSO PUBLISHED SOME OF THOSE
DOCUMENTS, AND A LOT OF THE
CONCERN ABOUT WHETHER THIS ñ IS
ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS GOING TO
AFFECT THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
I LIKE HOW MOST OF THE PRESS IS
LIKE, WELL, WIKILEAKS, WHO
CARES IF THEY GO TO JAIL?
BUT IT COULD AFFECT ME!
YES, IT
COULD AFFECT ALL THE MEDIA.
JEFFREY PYLE IS AN ATTORNEY
WHOSE EXPERTISE IS IN THE
FIRST AMENDMENT AND THESE MEDIA
ORGANIZATIONS.
HE SAYS, BUT IF THIS IS TRUE,
THIS COULD BE A VERY, VERY GRAVE
THREAT TO THE PRACTICE OF NEWS
REPORTING GENERALLY."
IF YOU CAN'T PUBLISH ANYTHING
YOUR SOURCES HAVE GIVEN YOU
ñ AND CULTIVATING SOURCES
BECOMES A CRIME ñ
WELL, YOU'VE KILLED THE FIRST
AMENDMENT.
YOU'VE KILLED FREEDOM OF THE
PRESS, AND YOU DID IT BY
SAYING, WELL, WIKILEAKS IS
SUPER DANGEROUS SO WE HAVE TO
ARREST THEM.
REMEMBER EVERYBODY, PUBLISH
ANYTHING WE DON'T LIKE AND
WE WILL ARREST YOU.
WE DON'T HAVE FREE PRESS ANYMORE
IF WE DO THAT.
LOOK ABOUT THE CIA DIRECTOR IS
SAYING ABOUT WIKILEAKS,
"WIKILEAKS WALKS LIKE A HOSTILE
INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, AND
TALKS LIKE A HOSTILE
INTELLIGENCE SERVICE."
CAN YOU SAY THAT ABOUT THE OTHER
PEOPLE WHO PUBLISH THOSE
DOCUMENTS?
THE INTERCEPT, WASHINGTON POST,
THE LIST GOES ON.
YOU TOOK THOSE DOCUMENTS THAT
THE CIA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO
TAKE, YOU DIDN'T TAKE THEM BUT
YOU PUBLISH THEM, I MEAN,
YOU WERE DOING HER JOB IN THE
PRESS, SORRY GOT IT WALKS LIKE
A HOSTILE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,
BECAUSE IT TOOK DOCUMENTS I
DIDN'T WANT OUT THERE AND
PUBLISHED THEM, AND IT TALKS
LIKE A HOSTILE INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY, YOU'RE ALL UNDER ARREST.
MORE FROM THINKPROGRESS.
SO, THAT WAS THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.
REMEMBER, THEY DID THIS
ESPIONAGE ACT.
THEY CHARGE MORE JOURNALISTS
WITH THE AS BEEN OURS ACT THEN
MORE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATIONS
COMBINED.
YOU OPENED THE DOOR, AND NOT
ONLY DID YOU OPEN THE DOOR,
YOU RAN THROUGH THE DOOR.
YOU DID THE MOST AMOUNT OF
ESPIONAGE ACT CHARGES, AND
NOW DONALD TRUMP GOES THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
I DON'T LIKE THE PRESS ANYWAY.
I JUST CALLED THEM AN ENEMY OF
THE PEOPLE, AND THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION TOLD ME I CAN
CHARGE THEM WITH THE
ESPIONAGE ACT.
GREAT, LET'S START WITH ASSANGE.
AND SEE HOW DEEP WE CAN GO.
THIS IS A DISASTROUS,
UNCONSTITUTIONAL IDEA.
NOW, DESPITE THAT WE GET TO ñ
IT'S BOTH FUNNY, AND ALSO GIVES
YOU AN INSIGHT INTO WHAT
TYPE OF PERSON DONALD TRUMP IS,
AND HOW HE IS GOING TO ACT.
IN AN ASSOCIATED PRESS INTERVIEW
ABOUT THIS ISSUE, DONALD
TRUMP HAD THE TEMERITY TO SAY,
QUOTE, "NEVER HEARD OF
WIKILEAKS, NEVER HEARD OF IT.
WHEN WIKILEAKS CAME OUT, ALL I
WAS JUST SAYING IS, WILL
LOOK AT THIS INFORMATION HERE,
THIS IS PRETTY GOOD STUFF.
I DON'T SUPPORT OR UNSUPPORT."
AND HE SAYS HE WOULD LET JEFF
SESSIONS CHARGE THEM WITH
ANY CRIME HE FINDS APPROPRIATE.
WAIT, YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF
WIKILEAKS?
THAT'S CURIOUS, BECAUSE I
REMEMBER THIS.
SO, TODAY, I GUESS WIKILEAKS, IT
SOUNDS LIKE, IS GOING TO BE
DROPPING SOME MORE.
THE MORE EMAILS WIKILEAKS
RELEASES, THE MORE LIES
BETWEEN THE CLINTON FOUNDATION,
THE SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICE,
AND THE CLINTON'S PERSONAL
FINANCES, THEY ALL GET BLURRED.
NEWLY PUBLIC EMAILS, WIKILEAKS.
THIS MAGNITUDES WORSE, IN MY
OPINION, AND THE OPINION OF
MANY PEOPLE IN LAW-ENFORCEMENT,
THIS IS WORSE THAN WATERGATE.
BY THE WAY, ANOTHER ONE CAME IN
TODAY.
THIS WIKILEAKS IS LIKE A
TREASURE TROVE.
THEY'VE GOT TO START TALKING
ABOUT WIKILEAKS.
THIS JUST CAME OUT, THIS JUST
CAME OUT.
WIKILEAKS, I LOVE WIKILEAKS.
QUOTE, "NEVER HEARD OF
WIKILEAKS, NEVER HEARD OF IT."
I LOVE WIKILEAKS, WIKILEAKS IS A
TREASURE TROVE.
BY THE WAY, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.
YOU THINK DONALD TRUMP WAS GOING
TO BE ON YOUR SIDE?
THERE'S ONLY ONE SIDE DONALD
TRUMP IS ON, AND THAT'S HIS OWN.
THE REST OF US?
WATCH OUT.
