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In reply to the discussion: Julian Assange row: Britain seeking diplomatic solution in Ecuador standoff [View all]AntiFascist
(12,792 posts)17. You need to read this...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/29/AR2010112905973.html
"To the extent there are gaps in our laws," Holder continued, "we will move to close those gaps, which is not to say . . . that anybody at this point, because of their citizenship or their residence, is not a target or a subject of an investigation that's ongoing." He did not indicate that Assange is being investigated for possible violations of the Espionage Act.
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"But when it comes to Assange, Jeffrey H. Smith, a former CIA general counsel, said: "I'm confident that the Justice Department is figuring out how to prosecute him."
Smith noted that State Department general counsel Harold H. Koh had sent a letter to Assange on Saturday urging him not to release the cables, to return all classified material and to destroy all classified records from WikiLeaks databases.
"That language is not only the right thing to do policy-wise but puts the government in a position to prosecute him," Smith said. Under the Espionage Act, anyone who has "unauthorized possession to information relating to the national defense" and has reason to believe it could harm the United States may be prosecuted if he publishes it or "willfully" retains it when the government has demanded its return, Smith said."
Here's information about a secret indictment against Assange:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/wikileaks-stratfor-emails-a-secret-indictment-against-assange-20120228
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Julian Assange row: Britain seeking diplomatic solution in Ecuador standoff [View all]
alp227
Aug 2012
OP
But the question is do they mean Diplomacy with or without a gun to the head?
cstanleytech
Aug 2012
#2
"Diplomatic solution" and "threatening to violate the embassy" rarely coexist. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#5
It occurred to me this morning that it may be that the reason that the extradition to
JDPriestly
Aug 2012
#7
wouldn't it be more fair to say that its assange thats fighting hard to resist, then sweden fighting
Bodhi BloodWave
Aug 2012
#8
Considering that I don't know what evidence they might have its impossible
Bodhi BloodWave
Aug 2012
#27
the First Amendment is applicable in the US. other countries have their own constitutions
Bacchus4.0
Aug 2012
#21
and the US is free to decide how they want to charge him(assuming they do)
Bodhi BloodWave
Aug 2012
#19
I'm not concerned with whether or not Assange should face trial for rape...
AntiFascist
Aug 2012
#20
Britain rejects the very diplomatic solution it says it seeks: Safe passage for Assange.
Comrade Grumpy
Aug 2012
#9
Obviously the U.S. wants Assange... trying to cover up torture and death by drones
lib2DaBone
Aug 2012
#12