re: #119 Justanotherhuman

Here he goes again, with the Ellsberg comparison:

Glenn Greenwald ‏@ggreenwald 2h

Do people believe NYT reporters & editors committed crimes by receiving, copying & publishing top-secret Pentagon Papers from Ellsberg?

The Feds botched the case against Ellsberg because of prosecutor misconduct. Had the case against Ellsberg held up in court, it certainly would have been feasible to also bring charges against the newspapers that published the Pentagon Papers.

Civil disobedience, which both Ellsberg and the newspapers engaged in at that time, does not come with a get out of jail free card.