The Institute for Free Speech has been tracking discussion in the media on the potential First Amendment implications of the Justice Department’s recent indictment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Below is a round-up of notable commentary on the indictment and what it means for press freedom.

• • • • • CNN Business: Julian Assange’s arrest could end as a test for press freedom, By Brian Stelter and Hadas Gold (including thoughts from Floyd Abrams)
        • The Intercept: The U.S. Government’s Indictment of Julian Assange Poses Grave Threats to Press Freedom, By Glenn Greenwald and Micah Lee
        • Just Security: Assange Indictment Is Shot Across the Bow of Press Freedom, By Jameel Jaffer and Ben Wizner
        • The New York Times: Is Assange’s Arrest a Threat to the Free Press?, By Michelle Goldberg
        • The Washington Post: Traditional journalists may abandon WikiLeaks’ Assange at their own peril, By Margaret Sullivan
        • The Hill: Alan Dershowitz: Is Julian Assange another Pentagon Papers case?, By Alan M. Dershowitz
        • The Hill: Pentagon Papers lawyer: The indictment of Assange is a snare and a delusion, By James C. Goodale
        • Reason: The Assange Exception to the First Amendment, By Jacob Sullum
        • The New Yorker: The Espionage Act and a Growing Threat to Press Freedom, By Jameel Jaffer