Julian Assange: Arrest Looks Imminent

I see it like this. Assange is just the distributor. The real leaker is someone in our own govt who is passing the info on to Assange.

The guy threatens to release more senitive material if his site is shut down or he is arrested. Sounds like blackmail to me. Of course everyone realizes that he will release them at some future date anyway. That's the way blackmailers work. They kill the person who they kidnapped and can identify them with or without the ransome being paid. This kid, for all his smarts is kinda stupid. If this country gives in to him, then we deserve all that happens to us.

Don't arrest him yet. I want to see the Bank America stuff first. That would be worth all the crap he's put the USA through.

It's treason, pure and simple. Assange and the US Army PFC who leaked the data to him cannot 'fry' soon enough, or with too much publicity. Their greatest possible restitution for the severe damage done can only be to serve as examples of what happens to such scum -- prosecute and execute -- rapidly!

......engaged in stolen property, engaged in espionage against the US, oh yes, he's a technological terrorist engaged to embarrass the United States. Why won't he do it against Russia, Iran or China they would kill him outright. His friends said last night they have people all over the world working on this and even if Assange gets stopped they will carry on. 251,000 documents and only a few have been released. NY Times and Washington Post are complicit sue their butts.

Hank, if we are going to use AOL posters as a measure of people's ability and/or willingness to carefully weigh and assess the veracity, legality and impact of Assange's leaks, we have been shown that most people lack the wit or the will to enagage in independant enquiry.

Some posters believe that Assange is an advoctae of openness, honesty, truth, light and justice for all. He presently has an outstanding warrant issued for his arrest on sexual asaault charges. When he surrenders himself and submits himself to due process in an open and fair trial on those charges we will have a better barometer of his moral character. As to the super-secret, Goldfingeresque information treasure trove secreted around the globe with release keys to be issued in Cracker Jack boxes to a worthy 100,000 of his closst friends and trusted confidants, let him release them all today. He has already proven himself to be an exortionist simply by making the threat. If we all have a right to know what is in the documents why isn't he releasing them? The reality is that, once his star begins to fade and he is no longer the subject of international acclaim, adoration and, amongst the sane, revulsion, he will dump the documents to reignite the flame. He has made a choice now let him follow through and accept the consequences.

Assange is not the first to possess secrets leaked by government agencies about dirty tricks and derogatory remarks. Most people have the good sense to weigh the impact and legality of these with the benefits and make a decision. He has somehow absolved himself of that responsibility. He is a rank opportunist and is using this intelligence for his own purposes. Now he has added blackmail to the list. If it can be proved that anyone has died because of his unauthorized leak of classified material, he should be tried for accessory to murder.

If we have the same people looking for him that are looking for Osama Bin Laden, Assange will be safe for about ten years. He can send us videos and update his web sites but hide so well that our super trained spies can't find him. We are probably afraid that the information he has will reveal why.

Very eloquent post cr4care. I'd rather digest my international news from WikiLeaks instead of the major news networks which spew lies and nonesense. Governments wish to keep the public ignorant. Assange has become their enemy for informing the public about the truth. If there's a time to stand up against big government, it's now. Thank you to all the whistleblowers.