State Department: Assange’s working methods differed from journalistic ones

The State Department said that Assange’s working methods differed from journalistic ones

The official representative of the American foreign policy department, Matthew Miller, speaking to representatives of the media, said that he does not consider the activities of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be journalism.

Miller said he had never heard a journalist say it was legal practice to help a source hack into a government computer to steal information.

“Hacking into something to steal government information is not legitimate journalistic work,” a State Department spokesman said.

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