Wikileaks' Assange charged in US with 'treason'

[SecularMotion]

Source: Thinq

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been accused of "treason" by a Florida man seeking damages for distress caused by the site's revelations about the US Government.

David Pitchford, a Florida trailer park resident, names Assange and WikiLeaks as defendants in a personal injury suit filed with the Florida Southern District Court in Miami.

In the complaint filed on 6th January, Pitchford alleges that Assange's negligence has caused "hypertension", "depression" and "living in fear of being stricken by another heart attack and/or stroke" as a result of living "in fear of being on the brink of another nucliar WAR".

Just for good measure, it also alleges that Assange and WikiLeaks are guilty of "terorism , espionage and treason".

Read more: http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/1/12/julian-assange-charged-us-treason/

[Ian David]

1. Not charged with Treason... sued for Treason by a lone whacko? n/t

[CJvR]

14. Sued for treason?

I can honestly say I have never heard that before!

[Ian David]

18. I want to sue Dick Cheney for Treason! It causes me emotional distress! n/t

[Brickbat]

2. Um...not so much.

[emulatorloo]

3. LOL - Thnks for posting!

[Joanne98]

4. Just another right-wing NUTJOB! Throw him in jail before he shoots someone!

[Mika]

12. He, and some other nutjob teabaggers, are clearly exhibiting "dangerousness' to society.

Of course, Cubans in Cuba who aid and abet Miami based exile bombers like Luis Posada and Orlando Bosch are defended here on DU for "just speaking their minds" when Cuba's security arrests them.


:hi:

---

[rfranklin]

5. Many of us could win wads of cash since Bush and Chaney are still free...

if there were such a legal basis, considering how much distress that has caused us.

[SDuderstadt]

6. A private citizen cannot...

"charge" anyone with treason.

Duh.

[Enrique]

11. and an Australian can't be guilty of treason against the U.S. n/t

[DCKit]

7. O'Rly Taitz: "Now why didn't I think of that?" nt

[Autumn]

8. Poor little David Pitchford, I'm so sorry you are

such a gullible, scared little wuss.

[kestrel91316]

9. He has NOT been criminally "charged" with treason. Completely false headline.

He is being sued in civil court with a complaint that alleges that, by a nutcase. BFD.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

10. Assange is not an American citizen.

Can't be charged with treason in the U.S.

No jurisdiction......DUHHHH!


:wtf:

[L0oniX]

13. The US government and its military are guilty of "terorism , espionage and treason".

[hlthe2b]

15. Only Dept. of Justice can "charge" with 'treason' not an individual.

An individual might sue and "accuse" him of treason, but quite different.

[leftynyc]

16. Stupid headline

Only an American citizen can be charged with treason in this country.

[Kali]

17. ...

:rofl:


David Pitchford, a Florida trailer park resident,

[edbermac]

19. "David Pitchford, a Florida trailer park resident"

...a Florida trailer park resident...

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[sabrina 1]

20. That will be quickly thrown out of court since Assange is not

an American and therefore incapable of committing treason.

Someone needs their head examined.

[GSLevel9]

21. misleading title! nt

[man4allcats]

22. I wonder if I could sue this Pitchford guy on the grounds that he has me

living in fear of being stricken by yet another freeper looking to make a quick buck.

[dkofos]

23. Who knew you could file a frivolous lawsuit like this.

Maybe I should take a shot (figuratively) at beck, palin, hannity or rush
for inflaming my hemorrhoids and being a general pain in the ASS.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

24. It's not a formal charge, it's a lawsuit - civil.

big difference.
"Charges" are criminal charges filed by the state authorities. What the district Attorney does.

This is a civil suit that will be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction and lack of a justiciable complaint (summary judgment).

[EFerrari]

LOL.

[32571]

25. Doesn't one have to be a citizen of the country in question

to be charged with treason? Assange isn't a US citizen.

[Canuckistanian]

26. A fool and his filing fee are soon parted

This goes nowhere.

[Posteritatis]

29. Well put! (nt)

[NNN0LHI]

27. The source you provided is still promoting a debunked TSA story as fact

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/11/21/tsa-confiscates-soldiers-nail-clippers/

Thinq appears not to be a very credible source for information.

Don

[Catherina]

28. David Pitchford needs to be charged with massacring the English language. n/t

[Javaman]

30. Charged and Accused are two very diffrent things.

Plus, I love when half wits want to launch a charge of "treason" against a non-American citizen.

if it weren't so fucking blindly stupid, it would be amusing.