Re: Living in USA
copy pasted again for you.
*The Washington Post reported that the department was considering charges under the Espionage Act, a move which former prosecutors characterised as “difficult” because of First Amendment protections for the press.[SUP][71]](WikiLeaks - Wikipedia)[/SUP][SUP][73]](WikiLeaks - Wikipedia)[/SUP] Several Supreme Court cases have previously established that the American constitution protects the re-publication of illegally gained information provided the publishers did not themselves break any laws in acquiring it.[SUP][74]](WikiLeaks - Wikipedia)[/SUP] Federal prosecutors have also considered prosecuting Assange for trafficking in stolen government property, but since the diplomatic cables are intellectual rather than physical property, that approach also faces hurdles.
On threats by various governments toward Assange, legal expert Ben Saul argues that founder Julian Assange is the target of a global smear campaign to demonise him as a criminal or as a terrorist, without any legal basis.[SUP][82]](WikiLeaks - Wikipedia)[/SUP] The U.S. (Center for Constitutional Rights - Wikipedia) has issued a statement highlighting its alarm at the “multiple examples of legal overreach and irregularities” in his arrest.[SUP][83]](WikiLeaks - Wikipedia)[/SUP]*