Wikileaks' Julian Assange fears he may face US death penalty - Polidicks

That's what you get for jeopardizing national security.

If this goes through. I hope the other members of wikileaks. Leak everything possible.

[quote=neddy;27426553]if this goes through. I hope the other members of wikileaks. Leak everything possible.[/quote] it's not going through arhherahbahbagha

[QUOTE=SammySung;27426518]That's what you get for jeopardizing national security.[/QUOTE] Are you guys still saying that these leaks are putting us in danger? I thought that myth was refuted and destroyed ages ago. The "the leaks will kill us" BS was brought about by the U.S.G. in an attempt to counter the releases of the leaks. What, would you honestly expect the U.S. to say nothing? I'd expect most to know this.

[QUOTE=BlackDeath292;27385422]This won't look good on the US at all, government being the bottom of the food chain. Then again, I really don't like it here either... Want to move to Britian... Fuck this country.[/QUOTE] england is more-or-less the same country move to china its way better i heard

[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;27348626]Also, Sweden... please stop being the US's bitch! Remember who you are! :sweden:[/QUOTE] Yeah we're Germany's bitch

[QUOTE=Samiam22;27426467]Is it just me or is anyone thinking this entire thing of Julian Assange would make a great plot of a modern war game? You know, Europe gets angry and them and the US duke it out.[/QUOTE] We have no real interest in Assange. His agenda is the end of the US, if anything we'd want him gone too to keep America happy.

Last couple of posts [img]http://knowyourmeme.com/i/000/064/189/original/1234931504682.jpg?1281130184[/img] HOW MANY FUCKING TIMES MUST IT BE SAID!?

[QUOTE=Fatman55;27384729]This is just wrong. The government should not be allowed to jail over releasing secret documents, in fact they shouldn't have them in the first place.[/QUOTE] As long as there is terrorism in the world, and there is no World Peace, secrets must be kept.

The more I think about this, the more I realize that any kind of punishment will serve no purpose. It will not un-leak any documents. It will not stop any from being leaked in the future. It will not stop wikileaks or any other whistle-blowers, period. I really don't see how the most powerful government in the world thinks this will do anything except turn change-fearing soccer moms against Assange. Some people might disagree and say it's a deterrent, but you can't stand in between people and their convictions. At least not people with any integrity. They should just release him already.

[QUOTE=Latency;27450136]The more I think about this, the more I realize that any kind of punishment will serve no purpose. It will not un-leak any documents. It will not stop any from being leaked in the future. It will not stop wikileaks or any other whistle-blowers, period. I really don't see how the most powerful government in the world thinks this will do anything except turn change-fearing soccer moms against Assange. Some people might disagree and say it's a deterrent, but you can't stand in between people and their convictions. At least not people with any integrity. They should just release him already.[/QUOTE] And where, pray tell, does it say in that article that the US wants to give him the death penalty? :allears:

[QUOTE=Capitulazyguy;27429325]We have no real interest in Assange. His agenda is the end of the US, if anything we'd want him gone too to keep America happy.[/QUOTE] Out of curiosity why does Europe decide "Oh no america is getting all angry we should calm them down"

Alright, yeah, so if Assange dies to the US government we're all in on an embargo right?

[QUOTE=BmB;27451189]Alright, yeah, so if Assange dies to the US government we're all in on an embargo right?[/QUOTE] There's a major difference between Europe not caring about America being angry, and Europe actively pissing of america with an embargo.

I think secrets should stay secrets. I don't see a reason to leak stuff like Chopper Gunners Opening fire on civilians, because what's done is done, and all Julian and WikiLeaks is doing is causing a lot of butthurt and not actually fixing anything.

[QUOTE=RubberFruit;27451538]I think secrets should stay secrets. I don't see a reason to leak stuff like Chopper Gunners Opening fire on civilians, because what's done is done, and all Julian and WikiLeaks is doing is causing a lot of butthurt and not actually fixing anything.[/QUOTE] Just because it's in the past doesn't mean it's okay, and wikileaks isn't supposed to fix anything, they want to show the world things that are going on in the hopes it gets stopped.

[QUOTE=bravehat;27451548]Just because it's in the past doesn't mean it's okay, and wikileaks isn't supposed to fix anything, they want to show the world things that are going on in the hopes it gets stopped.[/QUOTE] You make a good point, but I don't see how releasing top secret information to the world could fix accidents like civilian deaths and other things? The US Military is a Military, and no-one can sue it for killing innocents, for example. If anything they were trying to help, because people holding cameras could be mistaken, from a helicopter, for people with RPG's. Exterminating them would help eradicate insurgency, or whatever the faction was. Sometimes killing camera men and other civilians can't be helped, and certainly not with top secret info being released on the web.

No one is trying to sue them for killing civilians, and yeah that shit happens and that's poor. The chopper video is about the fact that they attacked an ambulance, that's illegal in warfare. And I've watched the entire video, I agree the pilots were totally justified in taking the shot, they saw a group of men with objects that could be mistaken for weapons especially with their shifty as fuck peeking round corners, but that still doesn't mean it should be swept under the rug, all that shows to me is fucking cowardice of the highest order in the government.

I don't care much if he dies.

[QUOTE=bravehat;27451481]There's a major difference between Europe not caring about America being angry, and Europe actively pissing of america with an embargo.[/QUOTE] Executing a citizen of an allied state because of his political views doesn't piss anybody off right? :downs:

[QUOTE=Olanov;27451837]I don't care much if he dies.[/QUOTE] And many people wouldn't care if you died.

[QUOTE=bravehat;27450644]Out of curiosity why does Europe decide "Oh no america is getting all angry we should calm them down"[/QUOTE] To keep up good relations.