Wikileaks Whistleblowers Truth Or Spin Doctors Lies? Poem by Terence George Craddock

Written in March 2016 on the 24.3.2016.
'WikiLeaks /ˈwɪkiliːks/ is an international, non-profit, [3] journalistic[6][7][8] organisation, that publishes secret information, news leaks, [9] and classified media from anonymous sources.[3][10]
According to the WikiLeaks website, its goal is 'to bring important news and information to the public... One of our most important activities is to publish original source material alongside our news stories so readers and historians alike can see evidence of the truth. 'The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution guarantees anonymity, at least in the context of political discourse.[41] Author and journalist Whitley Strieber has spoken about the benefits of the WikiLeaks project, noting that 'Leaking a government document can mean jail, but jail sentences for this can be fairly short. However, there are many places where it means long incarceration or even death, such as China and parts of Africa and the Middle East.'[42]
The U.S. Justice Department began a criminal investigation of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange soon after the leak of diplomatic cables began.[99][100] Attorney General Eric Holder affirmed the investigation was 'not saber-rattling', but was 'an active, ongoing criminal investigation.'[100] The Washington Post reported that the department was considering charges under the Espionage Act of 1917, an action which former prosecutors characterised as 'difficult' because of First Amendment protections for the press.[99][101] Several Supreme Court cases (e.g. Bartnicki v. Vopper) have established previously that the American constitution protects the re-publication of illegally gained information provided the publishers did not themselves violate any laws in acquiring it.[102] 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 method is also difficult.[103] Any prosecution of Assange would require extraditing him to the United States, a procedure made more complicated and potentially delayed by any preceding extradition to Sweden. [104]'