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guilty in a deal that ends a ill year legal battle. he s now back in australia. cheering and applause he was pursued by us prosecutors for leaking vast amounts of classified government and military documents, including those related to the afghanistan and iraq wars. in a press conference after his release, his lawyer called the prosecution the criminalisation of journalism . so, did he pioneer a new form ofjournalism by setting up wikileaks, and has his case, by pleading guilty, set a dangerous precedent for reporters? i started by talking to carrie decell, who is a senior staff attorney at the knight first amendment institute at columbia university. i think this plea deal is significant in two respects. i mean, in the first instance, it must be an enormous relief, of course, forjulian assange and his family and his supporters around the world, as well as for press freedom advocates here in the united states who have been quite concerned about a judicial ruling that w ....
and his family and his supporters around the world, as well as for press freedom advocates here in the united states who have been quite concerned about a judicial ruling that would endorse the us government s interpretation of the espionage act and its consistency with the first amendment. first amendment being the right to free speech, just to remind everybody. yes, that s exactly right. freedom of speech, freedom of the press and a handful of other freedoms as well. but those are the ones at issue here. on the other hand, this plea deal really does cast a long shadow over press freedom in the united states. it s not a formal precedent in the sense that a judicial ruling would have been, but it does, i think, set a practical precedent for the possibility of future prosecutions ofjournalists who engage in very similar activities to the activities thatjulian assange has pleaded guilty to. and by that, i m referring to the solicitation of information from sources, the ac ....
at the knight first amendment institute at columbia university. i think this plea deal is significant in two respects. i mean, in the first instance, it must be an enormous relief, of course, forjulian assange and his family and his supporters around the world, as well as for press freedom advocates here in the united states who have been quite concerned about a judicial ruling that would endorse the us government s interpretation of the espionage act and its consistency with the first amendment. first amendment being the right to free speech, just to remind everybody. yes, that s exactly right. freedom of speech, freedom of the press and a handful of other freedoms as well. but those are the ones at issue here. on the other hand, this plea deal really does cast a long shadow over press freedom in the united states. it s not a formal precedent in the sense that a judicial ruling would have been, but it does, i think, set a practical precedent for the possibility of futu ....
the spanish grand prix, with sebastian vettel coming second. and the red carpet is ready, the stars are on their way, it can only be the tv baftas. i will be here live for the next few hours, hoping to top two stars ranging from benedict cumberbatch tojoan collins. 200,000 people in 150 countries the scale of the cyber attack which hit the nhs on friday makes it the largest of its kind, the head of the eu s police agency has told the bbc. europol‘s director rob wainwright says computer disruption for ransom is an escalating threat. five nhs trusts remain affected by the cyber attack. there are fears that monday, for many the start of the working week, could reveal there are more victims. here s our technology correspondent, theo leggett. 0perations cancelled and appointments delayed friday s cyber attack affected nhs organisations throughout england and scotland. systems at some hospitals like the royal london are still down. other patients have told me their oper ....
butjoy for forest green rovers who are promoted to the english football league for the first time after beating tranmere rovers. they were founded over 125 years ago. they were founded over 125 years ago. and the stars hit the red carpet for tonight s bafta television awards. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the head of the european union s law enforcement agency says the hackers who targeted organisations including the nhs on friday have put out a new version of their cyber attack. rob wainwright, the head of europol, said there were now 200,000 victims of the cyber attack around the world and more could be affected as computers are turned on tomorrow morning. seven nhs trusts in england are still affected, with patients being warned about further disruption in coming days. here s our health editor hugh pym. it was the biggest ever attack on health service it systems. today, staff at those hospitals caught up in the disruption were doing their best to get up and r ....