Lieberman-Wants To Try An Australian For Treason!

[kpete]

ASSANGE: I have been accused of treason, even though I am an Australian, not a U.S., citizen. There have been dozens of serious calls in the U.S. for me to be “taken out” by U.S. special forces. Sarah Palin says I should be “hunted down like Osama bin Laden,” a Republican bill sits before the U.S. Senate seeking to have me declared a “transnational threat” and disposed of accordingly.
http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/mediadiary/index.php/australianmedia/comments/julian1/

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Update: Fergawdsake. The stupid surrounding this issue is overwhelming:


ANCHOR: What do you think of the Justice Department’s actions so far to not charge Julian Assange with treason?

LIEBERMAN: I don’t understand why that hasn’t happened yet. We can go back to the earlier dump of classified documents mostly related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that occured in July, and to me that was a violation of espionage as well.

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I'm sure he doesn't understand why that hasn't happened because from his perspective the United States is an empire and all other countries are its colonies. Therefore, the fact that Julian Assange isn't an American is irrelevant as to whether or not he committed treason. Anyone who does something he perceives to be against the interests of the US, whether American or not, has committed treason. We're kind of "exceptional" that way.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/joe-lieberman-freedom-fighter.html

[Dawson Leery]

1. These are types of comments I have heard from the Tea Party tools.

The Tea Party tools are willfully ignorant and have made many statements such as this.

[glinda]

2. Leiberman is such an ignoramus loud mouth two faced posturer.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. {sigh} Does Palin really not know we didn't actually *catch* bin Laden?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Sounds like smokin' Joe is nervous about something in the leaks.

[Jim Lane]

5. Not necessarily. He may just see a chance to pose as the tough guy. (n/t)