US political right wing vs. Assange

[2010] WikiLeaks must be stopped. Let's be clear: WikiLeaks is not a news organization; it is a criminal enterprise.

Its reason for existence is to obtain classified national security information and disseminate it as widely as possible -- including to the United States' enemies. These actions are likely a violation of the Espionage Act, and they arguably constitute material support for terrorism. The Web site must be shut down and prevented from releasing more documents -- and its leadership brought to justice. WikiLeaks' founder, Julian Assange, proudly claims to have exposed more classified information than all the rest of the world press combined.

He recently told the New Yorker he understands that innocent people may be hurt by his disclosures ("collateral damage" he called them) and that WikiLeaks might get "blood on our hands. " With his unprecedented release of more than 76,000 secret documents last week, he may have achieved this. And WikiLeaks is preparing to do more damage. Marc A. Should The U.S. Kidnap WikiLeak’s Founder Julian Assange? - Swampland - TIME.com. I guess those who care about international press freedom can take comfort in the fact that Marc Thiessen no longer works for the government.

On the Washington Post website, the former Bush Administration speechwriter and harsh interrogation booster, offers his view of WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. In short, Thiessen calls for the U.S. to basically declare war on Assange, or presumably any other individual or organization that publishes documents the U.S. thinks might harm national security. Assange is a non-U.S. citizen operating outside the territory of the United States. This means the government has a wide range of options for dealing with him. It can employ not only law enforcement but also intelligence and military assets to bring Assange to justice and put his criminal syndicate out of business.

Military assets? Justice Hugo Black, with Justice William Brennan, added the following: The fact that Assange is a foreigner seems to make these questions easier for Thiessen. Marc Thiessen. Marc A.

Thiessen (born 1967) is an American author, columnist and political commentator, who served as a speechwriter for United States President George W. Bush (2004–2009) and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (2001–2004). Thiessen's articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, National Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Weekly Standard, USA Today and other publications. He has also appeared on Fox News, CNN, NPR, and other media outlets. In its January 11, 2010 issue, The Daily Telegraph named Thiessen number 97 of the "100 Most Influential Conservatives in America". Early life and education[edit] Thiessen grew up in Upper East Side in Manhattan, where both his parents were doctors and "left-of-center liberal Democrat types Thiessen is a graduate of the Taft School (1985), a private prep school in Connecticut.

Career[edit] Thiessen has worked in Washington for many years, starting with five years at Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly. Book[edit] References[edit] [2010] Pack Assange off to Guantanamo, US conservatives tell Obama - Americas, World. Frustration with the failure of President Barack Obama to combat WikiLeaks has grown since the release of almost 400,000 secret documents that exposed the extent of abuse of prisoners in Iraq by US and Iraqi personnel.

One Fox commentator went so far as to call for the WikiLeaks figurehead to be treated as a prisoner of war. Christian Whiton,a former State Department official, demanded that America seize Mr Assange and deal with him and other WikiLeaks staff as "enemy combatants". Calling for "non-judicial action" against them, he implied that they should be in Guantanamo Bay with Taliban inmates. Nor was Whiton alone in his stance. "The government also should be waging war on the WikiLeaks web presence," an editorial in the conservative Washington Times railed this week. However, the right is not united in its response to the latest paper blizzard. But it is the inability of America to silence WikiLeaks that is stirring the greatest passion among conservatives.