Wikileaks Founder, Julian Assange (left) ...or the blonde dude from "Harry Potter" (right) *suspicious look*
Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, stated he has been informed by American Government sources, that the Obama Administration seeks to arrest him, should he ever visit U.S. shores, for leaking classified documents, relating to the war in Afghanistan.
The Obama Administration is claiming Assange's conduct constitutes espionage, but the Judiciary Report disagrees. The Wikileaks site is in receipt of documents that are the property of the U.S. government.
The documents have not been used for financial or personal gain by Assange, but released to the world, to illustrate the fraud and brutality of the war in Afghanistan. The world hates the war in Afghanistan, much in the same way it despises the conflict in Iraq and wishes for it to end.
U.S. President Barack Obama
Assange was passed classified documents by a U.S. solider, Bradley E. Manning, who had access to the items, due to his post. Assange in turn, passed on the documents to newspapers, such as the New York Times. However, under U.S. law, it was to remain confidential and leaking such items, as brave as it was, is a violation of domestic laws.
Bradley E. Manning
The most Australian Assange is guilty of is receiving and releasing classified documents, which were not copyrighted under U.S. law, but protected by the Berne Convention. Once again, U.S. law forbids releasing classified documents, without the proper authorization.
However, it remains to be seen, whether the Obama Administration will seek an extradition, which they stink at. Just ask Roman Polanski or Dudus.
As for Manning, his conduct does not qualify as espionage either. The Judiciary Report would classify him as a whistleblower and let him go. He exposed horrible corruption and heinous war crimes against humanity, initiated and perpetrated by the Bush Administration. He blew the whistle by uncovering documents illustrating wrongdoing and illegal behavior, not national secrets of propriety.
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