Why do American "anti elite" types think the Kremlin is OK?

[Eric the Green]

(10-24-2016, 10:31 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(10-24-2016, 10:22 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(10-24-2016, 10:13 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: Press freedom is a constitutional issue, which trumps espionage, which is merely an issue of federal law.

You have a point; except that espionage is mentioned in the constitution too-- at least in regard to "treason": giving aid and comfort to the enemy.

The Russians are not the "enemy" in a constitutional sense since we are not at war with them.

Espionage laws could still apply to government employees like Ellsberg and Manning, but not to press organs like The New York Times and Wikileaks.

Those are good points too. We are not at war with Russia, although we have atomic weapons pointed at them and they at us. Wikileaks is not merely a press organ, though, since it is directly conspiring with Russia to criminally hack into American computers in order to influence our elections.