Posted on 12/08/2010 8:14:23 AM PST by SmithL
Sen. Dianne Feinstein wants to prosecute Julian Assange for espionage.
The founder of WikiLeaks "intentionally harmed the U.S. government," says Feinstein, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee. By releasing 250,000 State Department cables, he also violated the 1917 Espionage Act by transmitting "information which the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation," Feinstein, D-Calif., charged in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece Tuesday.
To John Perry Barlow, co-founder of San Francisco's Electronic Frontier Foundation, "The first serious infowar is now engaged. The field of battle is WikiLeaks." The Mill Valley resident (according to his Facebook profile) tweeted to followers: "You are the troops."
If there's any doubt which side Barlow is on, he helpfully provides a list of "mirror" sites that carry the material originally posted on the disabled WikiLeaks official site. "Let a thousand mirrors shine," Barlow tweeted.
On the other hand, Larry Sanger, co-founder of San Francisco's Wikipedia (no relation), says Assange is "an international outlaw," and believes the New York Times and other papers that have taken feeds from WikiLeaks have "done something that could be really damaging to the United States."
And so it goes.
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Does that include any revelations that are posted on this site? Does your humble opinion cover commentary and tidbits of info that would not exist without the leaks? This is America, if they didn't prosecute Ellsberg, why in the heck would they prosecute this man? Isn't light supposed to illuminate? Cause the cockroaches to scurry. I think that is what all the noise is about, the cockroaches are exposed, and people are so "knee-jerk" ready to defend their country, that they forget that our government should be nearly completely open. I for one am tired of "MOMMY GOVT" protecting me from facts. These same facts that are known by every other countries govt officials, are hidden from the hoi polloi, WE B 2 STOOPID.
So this thing “the furor over leaked documents” happens just as the US govt is regulating the internet....just a coincidence.....yeah right. This is just like Glenn Beck is talking about on his show. Top down, bottom up...inside out. That is how the revolutionaries are working. The bottom....anarchists, commies, union thugs, left wing organizations cause a problem, the people call for the ...top...govt to fix the problem, they crack down in a pincer move coordinated with the...bottom... and America is turned inside out.
Someone tell me why those directly responsible for supervising a Private Manning are not mentioned? If this were just a small fubar, heads would be rolling. I think this reeks of a State dept, JCS, CIA entire govt inside move. This is a power grab that is going on here people. A convenient excuse to regulate (read completely control content) the internet. Next is communication, of course the media will howl, but enough of them (GE-NBC-MSNBC) will tow the line.
Oh the traitor Barlow. Now his followers don't have to type "wilikeaks mir"(which Google autocompletes to) "wilkileaks mirror sites" and find them.
This horse is out, man.
To me? All the one world system hyperbole calls for the OIC driven UN to be very active WHICH I doubt the American populace would support if they knew.
The islamics just want to legitimize the raiding of western civilization. Sure there are some socialists/ marxists who are collaborators, but they will be thrown under the bus.
Aside from that ~ how many Americans want to wear a barcode?
Yes. Anyone who knowingly transmits classified information is guilty of a crime and should be punished.
Here's part of an e-mail that I received this morning regarding this.
All employees should not access the WikiLeaks website to view or download the publicized classified information. Doing so would introduce potentially classified information, on any computers (work, home or hand held devices) to unclassified networks. There has been a rumor that the information is no longer classified since it resides in the public domain. This is NOT true. The subject information was not "declassifed" by an approriate authority and requires continued classification or reclassification.
Posting classified information is a violation of federal law and could result in criminal penalties against the owner of the site and the people who posted it.
I am absolutely certain that his supervisors received some serious punishment for this. I'm sure there were some lost stripes and reassignments and ruined careers.
FR is very divided over wikileaks.
Where are their names and ranks posted, or reported then?
“Knock on his door today. “
Why bother? Go into his house, rifle through his papers, post it on the internet, then open his fridge and help yourself to some beer.
If he acts shocked tell him “Aren’t you for openness and sharing? Free, as in beer!”
Who says it is the worst? Does it have to be the worst threat ever to be a bad thing?
It’s a bit like getting mugged on the street. It’s only wallet money, not millions, but its a crime and a loss nevertheless.
Missile targeting software and engineering transferred to China, not a peep. This guy leaks some info, we have frickin Interpol on it.
I would guess that they are still under investigation. If they receive an article 15, non judicial punishment they will normally not release the names.
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