U.S. govt turning up the heat on Wikileaks

It’s been ten days since the whistleblower website WikiLeaks published the massive archive of classified military records about the war in Afghanistan, but the fallout in Washington and beyond is far from over. Justice Department lawyers are reportedly exploring whether WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange could be charged with violating the Espionage Act of 1917 for publishing the classified Afghan war documents. Meanwhile, investigators in the Army’s criminal division have reportedly questioned two students in Boston about their ties to WikiLeaks and Private First Class Bradley Manning, a leading suspect in the leak. We speak with WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange.

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/8/3/julian_assange_responds_to_increasing_us

 

If there's nothing to hide, I don't see what the problem is. Do as I say, not as I do..

 

I read the article and, frankly, there's nothing new here. As a Veteran of the U.S. Navy I find Julian Assange to be a self professed Messiah with ego problems. Neither he, nor anyone in his defense, has pointed to anything new in the documents he released. I won't go over the possible harm these documents can cause, only to say that his smugness about it is rather irritating and self-serving. His claim is to hold those who may be guilty of crimes responsible, yet he makes these claims by violating the law. What you have is a man who has violated the law pointing a finger at those who may have violated the law.

The release of these documents by Private First Class Bradley Manning is a treasonous offense and he should certainly be charged and prosecuted for it. Julian Assange and anyone working with him on releasing these documents should also be charged to the fullest extent of the law.

Many to most of the problems Julian Assange points to have been addressed or are being addressed already and President Obama is in the process of changing the strategy completely and working for an end to the war in Afghanistan.

I, personally, have been against both Mid-East wars from the beginning and remain so to this day. My health doesn't allow me to be physically active in this endeavor, but I speak out at every opportunity for an end to the madness. However, if the anti-war movement attaches itself to the coat tails of Julian Assange, I will no longer support it. It's one thing to be against the war, but another to be a traitor to one's own country and it's military forces.

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