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Pentagon Seeking Out Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange

Posted by timothy on from the just-a-few-words dept.

clustro writes "The Pentagon is desperately seeking the 'cooperation' of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, in order to stop him from releasing over 250,000 pages of confidential foreign policy documents. The documents were allegedly provided to Assange by Bradley Manning, the same solider who leaked a video showing a US Army helicopter killing unarmed civilians and international press correspondents."

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  1. Re:As they should be. by number11 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    treason (plural treasons)
    noun
    Definition:
    1. betrayal of country: a violation of the allegiance owed by somebody to his or her own country, e.g. by aiding an enemy.
    2. treachery: betrayal or disloyalty
    3. act of betrayal: an act of betrayal or disloyalty.

    First, his country is not the US. Therefore:
    Second, he isn't disloyal to it, because he owes it no loyalty; and
    Third, doesn't apply either.

    OTOH, those of us who are citizens of the US, we find his info very interesting and relevant to what politicians we might support in the future.