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Monday, November 29, 2010

leaks

Why is nothing being done about Wikileaks?
If you make public a country's military secrets
are you not engaging in warfare on the side of their enemies?
What is a CIA for?
Posted by Unknown at 5:55 PM
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  1. RobDecember 2, 2010 at 8:22 AM

    I agree, a case can be made that by divulging military (and state?) secrets, Wikileaks and its abettors (not just front man Julian Assange) are engaging in warfare against the U.S. In this sense Wikileaks is a stateless enemy.

    Now, our response to the actions of another stateless enemy -- Islamic terrorists -- was to declare a War on Terror and on those state actors who give harbor to terrorists. And since there is no clear way to tell when a conflict with a stateless enemy has ceased, we have consigned ourselves to indefinite detention of enemy combatants.

    So, do we assassinate Assange? Do we drag him off to Gitmo (which is still open, Wayne's 11/20/2010 post notwithstanding)? Do we declare a War on Leaks? Do we make a concerted effort -- diplomatic, covert, whatever -- to get the guy here and try him? (Apparently the Justice Dept is studying the possibility of bringing criminal charges against Assange.)

    Actually I'm open-minded on all those questions.

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  2. TomDecember 8, 2010 at 5:51 AM

    Assange is in custody - where are the indictments (from the US)?

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