July 26, 2010
Is there a legal angle to the WikiLeaks story?
The bottom line: the website WikiLeaks, a site that publishes confidential information, got its hands on a huge trove of classified military field reports from the war in Afghanistan, which it then leaked to three publications: the New York Times, the Guardian and Der Spiegel.
The information disclosed paints a bleak picture of the war in Afghanistan.
Will there be any legal fallout from the story? Will criminal or civil charges be filed against anyone involved with the leak or publication of the leak?
We checked in with a couple First Amendment specialists on the topic, each of whom cast doubt on the government’s ability to prosecute or sue anyone involved with publishing the leaks.
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