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ecent years. Their bravery has shed light on the world of secrecy that's been blinding the masses since its inception. By the way did you know that the U.S. Government classifies more than 500 million pages of documents each year? Did you know that the United States has a history of government agencies existing in
and more, they would have called you a "conspiracy theorist" Today things have changed, largely as a result of information leaked by Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and various other whistleblowers and activists in recent years. Their bravery has shed light on the world of secrecy that's been blinding the mass
9 6¢ The language of the First Amendment would seem to protect these dissidents against any abridgement of their freedom of expression—at least from the United States Government. But our history in this regard has been checkered at best, especially in the context of fear of war. Less than a decade after the ratification of t
—as well as the stakes involved in the debate over disseminating massive amounts of classified material throughout the world in the blink of an eye. Julian Assange and Wikileaks Important as it was as a First Amendment precedent, the Pentagon Papers case was First Amendment “child play” compared with the Wikile
n seeking sanctuary in Ecuador: his safety. Yet, Snowden assessed that he would be vulnerable to capture by the U.S. government in Ecuador. “If they [the U.S. Government] really wanted to capture me, they would’ve allowed me to travel to Latin America, because the CIA can operate with impunity down there,” he explaine
o Julian Assange. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020256 105 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Enter Assange “Thanks to Russia (and thanks to WikiLeaks), Snowden remains free.” — Julian Assange Born on July 3, 1971 in Queensland, Australia, Julian Assange had made a brilliant career of trafficking in state, military and corporate secrets. Whi
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