Max Blumenthal followed Waters by excoriating the mainstream press for
betraying Assange and thereby abandoning the cause of press freedom.
Blumenthal also highlighted recent FBI misdeeds past and present, framing
them as part of the national security state’s undemocratic practices.
"This is the most important press freedom case in our life-time. If #JulianAssange
goes, the First Amendment goes".@MaxBlumenthal
Editor-in-chief @TheGrayzoneNews pic.twitter.com/PsIfG2pj8a
— Consortium News (@Consortiumnews) August 18, 2022