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.