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Allen
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:00amOkay I actually enjoyed that skit. Did SNL get some of it’s humor back or is this just a fluke?
People criticize Julian Assange for receiving “stolen” property (i.e. classified documents), but the truth is we’ve never held media outlets to this standard.
Even when the Washington Post printed the the classified Pentagon Papers regarding America’s false flag operation (the Gulf of Tonkin incidient) the federal government never charged the staff of the Washington Post with espionage or treason, so why is everyone so quick to start with Assange.
There’s a big difference between what Assange is doing and stealing documents to sell to a foreign entity.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 12:11pmI am sick of hearing about Wikileaks.. the only ones who should be concerned are the cockroaches in our government that have been deceiving the people they are suppose to represent.. Why all of a sudden are they worried about laws on the books? They haven’t BOTHERED to enforce any of the others UNLESS it was for their personal gain.. Giving or allowing the government to have MORE power is NOT the answer having them be more HONORABLE in their dealings is the way to correct this.. BTW watch the other hand.. like the FCC call anyone in D.C. who might be able to stop them.. even AFTER the vote they have 90 days to reject it.. don’t let wikileaks distract you..
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 3:15amYou must read this article:
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2010/12/in-basements-of-left.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FromNyToIsraelSultanRevealsTheStoriesBehindTheNews+%28from+NY+to+Israel+Sultan+Reveals+The+Stories+Behind+the+News%29&utm_content=FaceBook
Report Post »javablanca
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 1:15amwhen the ‘climate-gate’ emails detailing systematic fraud, suppression, intimidation, and bad science were released all the MSM were saying “this material has been STOLEN. gasp! we canNOT print them!” now that this stuff comes out you cant get the pigs away from the trough of ‘truthfulness’. The difference? The former contradicts the ‘agenda’ while the latter feeds their cause: the fundamental destruction of the founding principles of our nation.
Report Post »LifeProject2012
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 12:16amAssange threatened to release Obama’s real birth certificate…
Report Post »pattybbb1
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 12:02amactually, he made some good points in the skit. I like the SNL skits of Obama, most of those are funny.
Report Post »Pilgrim Bill
Posted on December 19, 2010 at 11:50pmI thought Tina Fey was funny as Governor Palin until people were convinced Sarah said she could see Russia from her house.and tried to take her tiltle of Governor away.
Report Post »sodizzy
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 2:44amYeah! You said it.
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on December 19, 2010 at 11:21pmNational “Security”…What’s that???
Report Post »Therealist1057
Posted on December 19, 2010 at 10:49pmBig surprise. SNL hasn‘t been funny since the 90’s.
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on December 19, 2010 at 10:34pmA comedy of errors. That’s what we have become.
Report Post »Pilgrim Bill
Posted on December 19, 2010 at 10:25pmAmong the criminal laws apparently broken by Assange is 18 U.S.C. 793(e), which provides:
“Whoever having unauthorized possession of, access to, or control over any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, (etc. etc.) relating to the national defense, … (which) the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates (etc. etc) the same to any person not entitled to receive it, or willfully retains the same (etc) …
“Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.”
As is evident, merely being in unauthorized possession of classified national security documents that could be used to harm this country and publishing those documents constitutes a felony.
Report Post »UNITEDWESTAND
Posted on December 19, 2010 at 11:56pmWoodrow Wilson passed that act, The Espionage Act of 1917. It was later amended to what was known as the Sedition Act of 1918. This act only prohibited “any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States…or the flag of the United States, or the uniform of the Army or Navy.” This was in effect until it was repealed in 1921.
The root of the Espionage Act is a dangerous one. Assange is just one person, and as we saw while he was in jail, information kept on coming out from Wikileaks. It is dangerous what Senators like Joe Lieberman are doing. They trying to amend the Espionage Act so they can take down Assange. Even with the best intentions, any more power the government has will inevitably be used against the governed.
Let’s focus on internal security, I don’t buy that one soldier could steal so much information, he must have had help. I feel very uncomfortable with the current situation. There is so much focus on Assange, but barley any on the original crime.
Report Post »Afungi
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 12:58amI believe this applies to military espionage. Troop placements and movement weapons development, codes and weapons repair. I think it might be a stretch to include what Assange has released. Most of which is of little military value and mostly of political embarrassment. And 18 U.S.C. 793(e) is restricted to war time activates. What military secrets has he published? I have not seen specs for weapons systems or proposed troop movement. What I have seen is very questionable behavior by elected and appointed bureaucrats from many countries. I do not know but I think it could be a tuff case to prosecute with the case history from Vietnam War era scandals. Also some co-defends might be some large new agencies. It will be interesting. What is more dangerous the truth or the agencies that operate in secret to crush it? Tuff call! You might want to think a little before we join the lynch mob.
Report Post »bereal
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 1:15amThere are Big Problems in all facets of our Gov’t. that’s why all branches need to be swept clean. The point taken that whom ever or division was in charge of the particular documents that were leaked out is Derelect of duty!
Report Post »I see no mention anywhere of that fact. I look for root causes, what happens when something goes awry, what caused it etc. None of this happened! Why? Deep problems within our Gov’t. is why!
Get on the phone just keep calling senators, congessmen/women, talk to people on the street, stores, gas fill ups, anywhere. Get people involved, sure, there will be some who become indignant, but that’s part of it. Many will dance but will fall with facts presented; backed it up where they can obtain the facts themselves, for the uninformed the bell has rung .
coldcanuk
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:22amSORRY ya can’t charge him your own first amendment protects him… he was given the info and he is a reporter, the Pentagon papers precedent “hands off”
Report Post »Why don’t you folks start asking your polititions who are doing these things that embarass your country,,,,,,,,,,WHY are you lying to “we the people” then take the stupid idiots to court???
Rowgue
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 3:42pmHe is most certainly guilty of espianoge, and the espianoge act was never repealed.
He knowingly obtained documents from somebody that he knew obtained them illegally. And even though most of it after actually having been leaked turned out to be stupid stuff that should never have been classified anyway, it doesn’t excuse his crime.
He THOUGHT the information he was obtaining WOULD harm the united states. Before he ever released a single document he boasted how his coming leaks would expose the united states military as barbarians and crminals and reveal their warcrimes. Of course those documents never appeared, just idiotic transcripts of conversations between diplomats. But he thought what he had would be damaging to the national security of the united states. That was his stated intention. It doesn‘t matter that once they sorted through everything that it turned out they didn’t have what they thought they did.
The fact that these things were classified in the first place is a seperate debate. Most of these things are not national security concerns, and should never have been classified. But don’t confuse that argument with the fact that this buffoon THOUGHT he had real security sensitive information, and every intention to use it to damage our security.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 6:37amNo doubt the SCUM want to keep their dirt Secret..
Report Post »And why do the sheep support that ????
Mister_Bill
Posted on December 19, 2010 at 10:20pmIf you were a common criminal and you took stolen merchandise you would be guilty of receiving stolen goods. I guess if you hold important people hostage ( just like those Senators in DC), you have freedom of speech. While I do not condone his actions, it is refreshing to see all those people in power running away from the spotlight. I thought that it was good for the people to see what their leaders were doing in their stead. Go government go. The next election is only 2 years away.
Report Post »stage9
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 4:13pmThat’s what I said too. He is in possession of stolen property. To liberals that’s no big deal. Thievery comes easy to them.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 5:14amThat law was abused wildly in the years immediately after it passed, but the one thing they never tried to do was apply it to someone who was obviously outside the jurisdiction of United States law because he obtained information without even entering the country.
Imagine this was the other way around. What if an American had published documents embarrassing to Great Britain or Sweden or Australia? Would anyone want to turn him over to a foreign government to be tried for divulging secrets he never promised to keep of a country he didn’t live in?
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