Assange walks free, leaving uncertain toll on press freedom
by editors@theworld.org (Joyce Hackel) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6NT4W)
Today, WikiLeaks founder Jullian Assange walked out of a courtroom on the US territory of Saipan a free man, after pleading guilty to a single charge of publishing US military secrets.
Investigative journalist Michael Isikoff tells The World's host Marco Werman that although Assange had a checkered track record as a journalist, his plea deal sets a chilling precedent.