Manning has announced that she now wishes to be known as Chelsea and is commencing gender reassignment therapy. However, as this article deals with issues predating this request, Manning will be referred to as ‘he’ in keeping with historical context. All references in a future context will be to Chelsea. GabbattAdam, ‘“Call me Chelsea Manning”: Jailed private announces intention to live as a woman: US soldier states plans to undergo hormone therapy’, The Guardian (London), 23 August 2013, 28.
GrimRyan, ‘Julian Assange Attorney Says Sealed Indictment “More Likely Than Not”’, The Huffington Post, 5 June 2013 <http://www.huffngtonpost.com/2013/06/05/julian-assange-attorney-indictment_n_3386793.html>. Belief in the existence of an indictment has been prompted by revelations on Twitter that information about Assange and others associated with WikiLeaks was sought under a secret court order relating to a sealed criminal investigation. This belief was supported by an email leaked from Stratfor, a US private intelligence firm, confirming that there was a Grand Jury indictment pending against Assange, published on the WikiLeaks website, ‘Stratfor Emails: US has issued sealed indictment against Julian Assange’ (Press Release, 28 February 2012) <http://www.wikileaks.org/Stratfor-Emails-US-Has-Issued.html>.
Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 126J: ‘journalist’ means a person engaged in the profession or occupation of journalism in connection with the publication of information in a news medium. ‘news medium’ means a medium for the dissemination to the public or a section of the public of news and observations on news.
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Evidence Amendment (Journalist Privilege) Act 2012 (Vic); Evidence and Public Interest Disclosure Legislation Amendment Act 2012 (WA).
