William Barr and Julian Assange are two of my least favorite people in the whole world. If the two have to collide, you wish that some cosmic force would cause both of them to be completely annihilated.
The DOJ, at least in public, is being careful to maintain that they are not trying to create a precedent that can be used against real journalists. Under Barr’s leadership, those statements cannot be trusted. This situation bears very careful watching.