Right-wing outrage over WikiLeaks reaches fever pitch. Rick Santorum calls Assange a terrorist

[Better Believe It]

Bush Speechwriter Marc Thiessen Suggests Invading U.S.-Allied Nations To Capture WikiLeaks Founder
By Alex Seitz-Wald
November 30, 2010

Conservative outrage over the WikiLeaks release of secret State Department cables has reached a fever pitch, with Rep. Pete King (R-NY) — who will chair the Homeland Security Committee in the new Congress — demanding the group be declared a terrorist organization. Former GOP Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum echoed King yesterday, saying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is guilty of “terrorism,” while a number of Republican lawmakers have called for treason charges against suspected leaker Bradley Manning. Meanwhile, a number of conservative figures have fantasized about committing bodily harm to Assange.

But former Bush speechwriter-cum-leading torture advocate Marc Thiessen took this outrage to comic heights last night on Fox News host Sean Hannity’s show. Proving that neoconservatives never miss an opportunity to call for war, Thiessen suggested that if diplomacy fails to capture Assange, the U.S. should “go and get him” — with or without his host country’s permission:

THIESSEN: There are plenty of tools at our disposal. … But failing that, we can act unilaterally. We can go and get him without another country’s permission. We did it with General Noriega — there’s authority within the Office of Legal Counsel and that we can go and take anybody anywhere in the world.

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/11/30/thiessen-assange-sweden/


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Rick Santorum: WikiLeaks founder a terrorist
By HOLLY RAMER
November 30, 2010

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Possible Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum told New Hampshire voters Tuesday that the founder of the WikiLeaks website should be prosecuted as a terrorist for posting classified national security documents.

"We haven't gone after this guy, we haven't tried to prosecute him, we haven't gotten our allies to go out and lock this guy up and bring him up on terrorism charges," Santorum said of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. "What he's doing is terrorism, in my opinion."

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has said WikiLeaks acted illegally in posting the material and that the Obama administration was taking "aggressive steps to hold responsible those who stole this information."


Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., listens as he is introduced before speaking during a visit to the Manchester (N.H.) Rotary Luncheon on Monday


http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-santorum-terrorist-cn-113010-20101130,0,5622.story

[leftstreet]

1. omg He's stirring up Rotarians

:eyes:

[atreides1]

2. I'm having a bit of a problem

How is it that a 22 year old PFC was able to get access to State Department documents?

[Better Believe It]

3. I don't know but I think they deserve a medal!

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. The intranet built after 911

Breaking down all kinds of barriers that prevented analysis to prevent 911.

That is the official, and in this case most likely, explanation.

[Lochloosa]

4. Rick who?

[toddwv]

5. So they've been using the "open gov't" mantra as a bat to bludgeon the Obama Administration.

So now that more "government" is opened, they are having a conniption fit.