[ugopapa]

Discussing with sources and encouraging them to leak is standard journalistic practice. It has been discussed extensively during the hearing with the help of several expert witnesses.

> If it is criminal for Assange to obtain/receive/disclose the documents in question

If it's so, you have to virtually prosecute every investigative journalist.

[NovemberWhiskey]

Not really. Prosecutorial discretion is a thing.

Does prosecuting advance the interests of justice? Is this prosecution an efficient use of the limited resources of the prosecutor's office? Given that not everyone is prosecuted, is this prosecution consistent with our own internal standards or rules? How strong is the evidence in the case? How severe was the offense? What is the historical conduct record of the defendant?