Oversight

The Case Against Julian Assange Is a Threat to Journalists Everywhere

Any precedent set for his news-gathering activities could be used against news outlets that report on Trump

Trevor Timm
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Published in
5 min readApr 12, 2019

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The Trump administration is counting on the public’s dislike of WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange to potentially curtail…

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Trevor Timm
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Writer for

Trevor Timm is the executive director of Freedom of the Press Foundation. His writing has appeared the New York Times, the Guardian, and the Intercept.