POL326Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: United States Senate Select Committee On Intelligence, Julian Assange, Paul Wolfowitz
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Daniel wellsburg: during vietnam war; whistleblowing; charged for treason; however, he didn"t see any jail time; Bradley manning (chelsea manning); edward snowden; julian assange (provided the platform for people leaking information); Julian assange: charges brought mostly under espionage; these types of charges during. Presidents during wwi or wwii; obama has used this the most; however, assange is not a u. s. citizen; Intelligence gathering and complexity of intelligence gathering agencies; 16 different agencies with different functions; Others argue: not a mistake: what us suffered was what donald rumsfeld: unknown unknown; All of that is rather convenient; allowing bush administration off the hook; If no justification for invasion, then the us was engaged in a war of aggression; as such, highest crime in international law; because within it, it contains all other crimes; Under us law, they should also be held accountable;
