Florida Man Sues WikiLeaks For Scaring Him

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 13, 2011 @04:03AM from the don't-watch-the-news dept.

Stoobalou writes "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been accused of 'treason' by a Florida man seeking damages for distress caused by the site's revelations about the US government. From the article: 'David Pitchford, a Florida trailer park resident, names Assange and WikiLeaks as defendants in a personal injury suit filed with the Florida Southern District Court in Miami. In the complaint filed on 6th January, Pitchford alleges that Assange's negligence has caused "hypertension," "depression" and "living in fear of being stricken by another heart attack and/or stroke" as a result of living "in fear of being on the brink of another nuclear [sic] WAR."' Just for good measure, it also alleges that Assange and WikiLeaks are guilty of 'terorism [sic], espionage and treason.'"

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Re:Citizen by Anonymous Coward · 2011-01-13 04:34 · Score: 0, Troll

Don't you have to be a citizen in order to be charged with treason?
Not according to the American concept of Manifest Destiny, with its emphasis on American Exceptionalism, Nationalism, and "divine destiny" to help promote the virtues of Freedom and Democracy as interpreted by the leaders of the Republic.