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Congressman wants WikiLeaks listed as terrorist group

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The incoming chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says WikiLeaks should be officially designated as a terrorist organization.

Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), the panel's presumptive next head, asked the Obama administration today to "determine whether WikiLeaks could be designated a foreign terrorist organization," putting the group in the same company as Al Qaeda and Aum Shinrikyo, the Japanese cult that released deadly sarin gas on the Tokyo subway.

"WikiLeaks appears to meet the legal criteria" of a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, King wrote in a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reviewed by CNET. He added: "WikiLeaks presents a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States."
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Source: CNET

Hopefully Obama will ignore such a psychotic suggestion.
 
Aren't they in Australia?
 
I wouldn't call them terrorists but those who leaked info to them should be tried for treason or some other crime and then executed.
 
apdst said:
Call'em what you want, they're outlaws, and should be dealt with.
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I liken them to more like reporters. They accept reports from sources. I don't think that they actually go out and hack the info directly from the US's database or something like that. So if they are "outlaws" then so is every other reporter who would report any such leak in the news if it came to them instead.
 
Kal'Stang said:
I liken them to more like reporters. They accept reports from sources. I don't think that they actually go out and hack the info directly from the US's database or something like that. So if they are "outlaws" then so is every other reporter who would report any such leak in the news if it came to them instead.
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They are no different than someone who knowingly buys stolen property.Probably worse because they encourage the traitors to leak classified info to them.
 
jamesrage said:
They are no different than someone who knowingly buys stolen property.Probably worse because they encourage the traitors to leak classified info to them.
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Really? So what if someone leaked info to MSNBC or FOX or some other official news agency? Would they be considered the same by you?
 
Kal'Stang said:
Really? So what if someone leaked info to MSNBC or FOX or some other official news agency? Would they be considered the same by you?
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If you knowingly air classified information then you are no better than the person who leaked it. It doesn't if you call yourself a journalist, web site operator or a spy.
 
jamesrage said:
If you knowingly air classified information then you are no better than the person who leaked it. It doesn't if you call yourself a journalist, web site operator or a spy.
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What poppycock. News people doing thier job does not mean that they are just as bad as the people who originally leaked the info. What happened to freedom of the press? Tell me...what was your stance on the body scanners in airports again? And why is it that you believe that?
 
jamesrage said:
If you knowingly air classified information then you are no better than the person who leaked it. It doesn't if you call yourself a journalist, web site operator or a spy.
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Exactly right and I believe they should be treated with the same legal logic that charges the guy setting in the get away car with murder if one of the primary robbers kills or is killed.

People who knowingly post anything that a reasonable person could conclude might result in the death of anyone should be tried for murder 1, and face the same fate as any terrorist once found guilty, and that is the death penalty.

Any rational reporter with and once of American blood in their vanes would never expose another person to the prospect of death.

However i don't believe this would be true of the "Firsters" like the wonks on MSNBC they would gleefully pass on any information that would place any Conservative in jeopardy because they are Un-American from head to toe.
 
Pretty damn sure you cant just start calling news outlets terrorists. Why dont they just call the mafia and wack em?
 
The Giant Noodle said:
Pretty damn sure you cant just start calling news outlets terrorists. Why dont they just call the mafia and wack em?
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Because the world is watching?

Actually I look for a government other than the U.S. do some damage. They aren't just pissing off the U.S.
 
Kal'Stang said:
What poppycock. News people doing thier job does not mean that they are just as bad as the people who originally leaked the info.
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It is not a reporters job to air classify info. When they knowingly air classified info they are just as bad or worse than traitor who gave them the info.

What happened to freedom of the press?Tell me...what was your stance on the body scanners in airports again? And why is it that you believe that?
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Freedom of the press does not mean you can get away with being an accessory to a crime. They are like the guy who knowingly buys stolen property or aids someone in a murder or a theft.
 
jamesrage said:
It is not a reporters job to air classify info. When they knowingly air classified info they are just as bad or worse than traitor who gave them the info.
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No, it is the reporters job to report/air news. Classified info is news if leaked out. If they are prohibited from reporting what they have found out then they are no longer free to report what they find out. In other words there is no longer free press. Something that is protected in the 1st amendment.

jamesrage said:
Freedom of the press does not mean you can get away with being an accessory to a crime. They are like the guy who knowingly buys stolen property or aids someone in a murder or a theft.
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News is news. Buying stolen property or helping to commit murder are two tottally different things compared. To attach them to this kind of thing is nothing more than an appeal to emotion.

Btw, why didn't you answer my question? Afraid that you would be shown to have a double standard?
 
Kal'Stang said:
No, it is the reporters job to report/air news. Classified info is news if leaked out. If they are prohibited from reporting what they have found out then they are no longer free to report what they find out. In other words there is no longer free press. Something that is protected in the 1st amendment.
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Free press does not mean they can aid in releasing classified info.



News is news. Buying stolen property or helping to commit murder are two tottally different things compared. To attach them to this kind of thing is nothing more than an appeal to emotion.
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Releasing classified info, airing it or giving it directly to the enemy is an accessory.
Btw, why didn't you answer my question? Afraid that you would be shown to have a double standard?
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There is no double standard. Freedom of press and freedom of speech does not mean you can leak classified info. I am against virtual strip searches because they violate the 4th amendment. Me not getting stripped searched does not aid in a crime. A constitutional right does not mean you can get away with a crime. For example my right to keep and bear arms does not mean I can legally murder people or randomly shoot at people for the hell of it.
 
Terrorism is obviously an incorrect label. They aren't trying to create fear in support of some cause or other.

Treason doesn't work either, they aren't Americans. (although the guys who give them the information might be in some cases)

Espionage? They were given the information, as far as I know they didn't set out in some attempt to acquire it.

"Receipt/possession of stolen goods" is about as close as I can get.
 
jamesrage said:
I wouldn't call them terrorists but those who leaked info to them should be tried for treason or some other crime and then executed.
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You can not execute an Austrailian for not being loyal to the US
 
upsideguy said:
You can not execute an Austrailian for not being loyal to the US
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Did I say the Australian should be executed for treason? I stated "those who leaked info to them(wikileaks) should be tried for treason or some other crime and then executed. This statement would imply that those in the US military and who ever the hell else from the US who leaked info to wikileaks should be executed for treason or some other crime.
 
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jamesrage said:
If you knowingly air classified information then you are no better than the person who leaked it. It doesn't if you call yourself a journalist, web site operator or a spy.
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Haven't you ever heard of the First Amendment of our Constitution? It gives them the right to print any information that comes their way. For the person that stole the information, that's a completely different story.
 
Almost all of the stuff these leaks contain have already been mentioned on alternative media sites. All WikiLeaks does is help us prove our point. :) I always get a good laugh watching the people at the top go into panic mode when tax payers get a dose of truth.
 
News flash for the congressman: Australia is not a State in the United States of America. :roll:
 
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