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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Should the WikiLeaks founder be brought up on criminal/Terrorist charges?

Julian Assange, Founder of WikiLeaks
Sarah Palin just also stated that she believes that founder Julian Assange
"He is an anti-American operative with blood on his hands. His past posting of classified documents revealed the identity of more than 100 Afghan sources to the Taliban. Why was he not pursued with the same urgency we pursue al-Qaida and Taliban leaders?"


They are debating whether the Espionage Act applies, and to whom, according to this official, who spoke anonymously to discuss an ongoing criminal investigation. Other charges also might be possible, including theft of government property or receipt of stolen government property.
Rep. Peter King of New York(From a Long Island town by me) called for Assange to be charged under the Espionage Act and asked whether WikiLeaks can be designated a terrorist organization.
But Assange has portrayed himself as a crusading journalist: He told ABC News by e-mail that his latest batch of State Department documents would expose "lying, corrupt and murderous leadership from Bahrain to Brazil." He told Time magazine he targets only "organizations that use secrecy to conceal unjust behavior."

The cables were obtained, via WikiLeaks, by the New York Times, the Guardian of Britain, Der Spiegel of Germany, Le Monde of France and El Pais of Spain.

What do you think? Is WikiLeaks a terrorist organization, should Assange be tried as a terrorist, or is he just a news journalist doing this job?

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