Julian Assange Deserves First Amendment Protection
It&#x27;s unsurprising that political leaders would want to convince people that the true criminals are those who expose acts of high-level political corruption and criminality, rather than those who perpetrate them.  Every political leader would love for that self-serving piety to take hold.  But what&#x27;s startling is how many citizens and, especially, &quot;journalists&quot; now vehemently believe that as well.  In light of what WikiLeaks has revealed to the world about numerous governments, just fathom the authoritarian mindset that would lead a citizen -- and especially a &quot;journalist&quot; -- to react with anger that these things have been revealed; to insist that these facts should have been kept concealed and it&#x27;d be better if we didn&#x27;t know; and, most of all, to demand that those who made us aware of it all be punished (the True Criminals) while those who did these things (The Good Authorities) be shielded<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.salon.com&#x2F;2010&#x2F;12&#x2F;24&#x2F;wikileaks_23&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.salon.com&#x2F;2010&#x2F;12&#x2F;24&#x2F;wikileaks_23&#x2F;</a>