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The documents, released by WikiLeaks in June, provide information on

Sept. 20, 2018 by Carolyn Mueller

The documents, released by WikiLeaks in June, provide information on charges against Assange and three other journalists who worked with him.

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press said it has a legal obligation to release information about the investigation of Assange before the government gets a chance to start its case.

"We strongly believe that releasing this information is in the public interest. To do so would be in violation of the right to confidentiality," it said in its filing.

The press and the public have a particularly powerful interest in access to sealed court records related to the government's prosecution of Assange.

"If the government were to try to access the records on which WikiLeaks has filed its lawsuit, it would be in violation of the First Amendment, which protects the freedom of the press and the press's right to know information," the press group said in its filing.The U.S. Senate may have passed a bill that would give the military a new legal tool to fight terrorism, but the legislation, in which a provision was attached, has not yet been introduced. But the issue is still up in the air.

Under current law, the House of Representatives has to pass the resolution passed by the Senate, which is scheduled to take up the legislation in the fall. That means the military could not simply take it in the House, but if it failed to pass, it could still face a lawsuit.