US authorities have stepped up their efforts to prosecute Julian Assange by offering Bradley Manning, the American soldier allegedly responsible for leaking hundreds of thousands of government documents, the possibility of a plea bargain if he names the Wiki-Leaks founder as a fellow conspirator. Full Story »
Posted by Beth Wellington - via Slatest, The Independent (World), Ellie Kesselman (t), Steven K Samra (f)
This seems a rip off of Charlie Savages NYT story of December 15, without crediting him for breaking the story.
WikiLeaks appears to be aware of the danger if it is proved to be involved in a conspiracy to leak material. It has deleted from its website the claim that ... More »
Interesting that Joe Lieberman and Peter King want to set up specific legislation to get Julian. Not to set up a law which expresses their underlying philosophy of what is right an just such as, for example, the first amendment but a law to get someone who is embarassing them and may embarass them further. Are these the sort of people America wants in their law making institutions.
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