Was WikiLeaks’ founder Assange an omen of IRS persecution and ‘Media-Gate’?

Wikileaks is a publisher. (Snip: Wikileaks home page)I still remember the scathing look a friend gave me when I told her Julian Assange shouldn’t be on the run from just about every law enforcement agency in the world.

I tried to explain it. I didn’t like what Assange did, especially the leaks that could endanger our troops.

I didn’t care a whit about the diplomats embarrassed by numerous cables showing that highly paid federal employees are often total idiots.

What I did care about was free expression. Assange is a publisher. He publishes what is offered. Case closed.

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WikiLeaks proves North American Union a reality, not a conspiracy

WikiLeaks has had a profound impact on US political dialog, and a new document WL published should correct a point in one debate. The North American Union is not a conspiracy but rather a reality guised as North American Integration.

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The unintended consequences of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks

Julian Assange, like it or not, is a publisher. He is also an idealist and quite possibly an anarchist. According to INTERPOL’s Red Notice, Assange may have a dark side no one could defend, a personal side quite apart from WikiLeaks where he’s published damaging information about countries like the U.S., Kenya, China, Iraq and others. Many Americans are calling for his head. But the persecution and/or prosecution of Assange could have devastating consequences that might seriously injure civil rights in the U.S. and abroad.

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Gibbs’ bravado towards Assange contradicts administration’s actions

On Fox and Friends Wednesday morning, Robert Gibbs, the Obama adminstration’s press secretary, appeared to be full of bravado when asked about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. “Our foreign policy and our country is stronger than one guy with one website,” said Gibbs, who then ramped up the tone. “We’re not scared of one guy with a keyboard and a laptop.” Gibbs talks big, but the administration’s actions suggest otherwise.

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UN Human Rights commissioner’s country was on US intel radar

In July an underreported story suggested the United Nations Human Rights commisioner’s country was on US intelligence radar. Why? The US suspected Taliban fundraising was going on in South Africa. Consider information released over 5 months by WikiLeaks.

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WikiLeaks a human failure but First Amendment still applies

Whoever leaked hundreds of thousands of dispatches and cables to WikiLeaks reportedly had access to SIPRNET, the US Defense Dept. and the State Dept.’s Secret Internet Protocol Router Network. Outrage is running through the blogosphere right now—the left is predictably horrified at how state business is conducted and the right is horrified at such an unprecedented security leak.

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Mystery men Manning and Assange have much in common

Bradley Manning and Julian Assange are both somewhat of a mystery. But both men have much in  common aside from their passion for leaking classified material that harms the United States.

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