[bjoyx]

You clearly out yourself as a disinformation agent by attempting to steer the conversation into character assassination, knowing full well this not about Assange the man but the legality of investigative journalism as a check-and-balance on power.

[tootie]

I'm attacking him for being willfully dishonest which is pretty negative trait for a "journalist" which I also don't think he is one. I fully support genuine journalism. Compare him to a guy like Glenn Greenwald. Greenwald has a lot of the same personality flaws as Assange but he's still a genuine investigator. I think he definitely pursues an agenda, is prone to delusions of grandeur and paranoia, and occasionally sticks to some flimsy arguments. He's also obviously made heavy use of illegally leaked information. But I don't think Greenwald deserves any sort of punishment and I don't believe he's being suckered by intelligence agents.

[bjoyx]

You are feeding a political movement that supports allowing a man, dishonest or not, to be jailed for protecting his sources, which will set a precedent that inhibits ALL genuine journalistic investigation.