My question involves civil rights in the United States
I am sure most of you have heard of Wikileaks and the legal troubles that are hounding its founder Julian Assange. My question is simple, what is the legal definition of the United States, and are foreign born non-citizens protected underneath the constitution? What I am trying to figure out is, does Assange qualify as a journalist (I would also like to know the definition) and is he protected underneath the first despite not being a citizen of the United States.

