Dear Government:

WHO are you, I would like to know? We have precedence for upholding FREEDOM, and as Hamilton said in the John Peter Zenger case, " It is the best cause of LIBERTY."

This quote from John Peter Zenger:
" No nation, ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of speaking freely, writing or publishing the sentiments, but forthwith lost their LIBERTY in general and became slaves."

There was no libel,because "TRUTH is an absolute defense against libel." Government, you were not libeled with the production of your own words.

Espionage? From 1917...freedom of thought was lost then, and yet, Wikileaks does not ask for the overthrow of the government; it only shows that the government is overthrowing itself.

If you say "false reports, " then all that the government says can be construed as false from its very own words.

If you say" lives are in jeopardy," well speak for yourself, government, but if you truly believe that then look to your own actions; Guantanomo, Palestine, Yemen, Pakistan Afghanistan, Iraq, and all the soldiers that can't get help nor health.

Lives are in jeopardy, because of the beginning tale of WMDs, and I'm sorry but every child knows that when you start with a lie, the lie doesn't go away, it just gets bigger and bigger.

The world is at a dangerous place, but look to the banks and Wall S. and see that the people of many nations have NOT profited by this nation's actions, and neither have the people of your own nation.

People, the very ciitizens of your own country see corporations that decided not to answer the questions of Congress, and nothing happens. Justice holds but one scale, so where is the one for corporate misdeeds which are legion?

We see tax bills that willl actually kill the nation, the people and its own spirit. What does a nation profit if it loses its own soul?

Wikileaks and Julian Assange are not the enemy, and if you think that by eliminating Assange and Bradley Manning that your work is done; it is not done.

I grew up thinking that America was the land of opportunity and that Democracy could be the savior of the world. I don't see that anymore; I see leaders of little soul and a nation, like an animal stuck in a trap, that proceeds to chew off its own leg to escape its very own trap.

You are like that black knight in that old Monthy Python film ( and it was very funny) when he lost all his arms and legs and standing on his remaining trunk, he announced that it was a draw.

There is no draw, only loss, because I see a fear and loathing coming from a government "of, by, and for the people."

Wikileaks is an opportunity for you , government, to look in the mirror. What do you see? Liberty and Justice, or as some have said already, "The Portrait of Dorian Grey'?

You know, in the very best business practices, successful people do say that a problem is not a bad thing, unless you make it one. Surely someone in the CEO surrounding you must have stated this?

You do have a problem, government, but it is neither Asssange nor Manning. It is what you have become, and BEST PRACTICES do demand an honest accounting. Your balance sheet is off for we are wearing the RED of wars and the Blackness and darkness of dishonesty. You have doctored with Democracy, and it is time America government , to heal yourself.

There's no case against Assange, but then again, the courts, judges and legal processes are horribly corrupt and distorted in the United States. The Obama administration is a criminal administration, like the preceding Bush administration. Congress participates in the crimes by recinding the Bill of Rights via the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act and then funding illegal wars that bankrupt the nation.

We've got a Supreme Court that preselected George W. Bush as President. In more recent times, the Court decided that corporations are people too, ruling that companies can spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections.

Then there's Attorney General Eric Holder. Call him "Mr. Chiquita" for excusing Chiquita Banana's support for death squads in Colombia - a case he was involved with before being selected AG. Later, Holder can't find his way toward enforcing the laws on the books against torture in the United States, even as CIA officials offer video tapes (that later go missing). Dick Cheney confesses to upholding toture as policy. Bush said he'd do it again. John Yoo describes making up the law to justify torture, constrained only by the limits of "organ failure and death," a phrase he picked up from some medical book. Did holder find any of this of interest? No, he didn't.

The Obama administration adopts the Bush policy of extraordinary rendition, or torture by proxy. Obama practices extrajudicial killings by ordering drone assassinations abroad. (Later, Obama gets the Nobel Peace Prize - go figure.)

Jose Padilla, U.S. citizen, gets declared "enemy combatant" by George Bush. He's held for years in solitary confinement in a military brig, Padilla goes insane. He's put on trial and convicted. Of what? The Supreme Court wouldn't hear the case even though "enemy combatant" is just made-up "law."

Obama and Holder do nothing about Bush's rollback of habeas corpus law, an established legal precedent in Anglo-American jurisprudence dating back to the 13th century.

So, even though there is no case against Assange, there is no law in the United States. It's all just made-up, ad hoc and fit for a king. If Assange's lawyers are listening, please don't allow him to be extradicted here. The U.S. prison system practices torture (sensory deprivation, etc.) and basic legal rights have been suspended, especially in political trials.

It doesn't matter that Assange has committed no crime. He will be abused if sent here.

-TIA

DOWNFALL OF EMPIRE --- BIRTH PANGS OF FREEDOM

First, Empire gives Assange solitary confinement for two week to cook our emotions, then Empire fries our anxiety for three months while Assange is mentally deranged by sleep deprivation and agonies we dare not mention, then like that poor wretch of a tortured woman from Pakistan with a pain wracked face we will never forget, our hero will stager into a court room to begin a year long trial that will just tear out our hearts.

For Empire may rule only by instilling in us fearful submission to authority, an unending nightmare of terrors with each new stab in the emotional guts having to be more intense then the last.

Such is the downfall of Empire, and the birth pangs of freedom.

This war on Wikileaks is a metaphor for all that is wrong with this administration. Eric Holder if you are a good soldier you will join forces with CD sentiment here and tell the emperor that he is wearing no clothes. He has lost this war. Sweating the key from Assange will not change the outcome; millions of copies are out there to unlock his box of horrors. It is time to acknowledge the misdeeds of the Bush administrations and come out on the side of Truth, Justice, and transparency.

The alternative is to declare war on the internet; that is like declaring war on sand, or drugs, or ignorance.

"coco December 10th, 2010 12:04 pm

i'm not going to be pessimistic for a change. but really, if this is the case what can we do?

btw, this article doesn't have a source.............."

It couldn't HAVE a better one :

THE GAURDIAN... U.K.

THE GUARDIAN UK.

Assange may be the straw that broke the camels back.

This is the event that has the possibility to make the American and people around the world stand up and collectively say "WE'VE HAD ENOUGH!"

BUT, the american empire is not the only bad apple. The bloated box of global governmental apples is mostly rotten. There has to be a world change.

Don't ask what to do as much as do something, anything. Calls and emails to representatives, president. Talk about it with everyone. The solution will arise. It must me done soon!!!

' Sweating the key from Assange will not change the outcome; millions of copies are out there to unlock his box of horrors. It is time to acknowledge the misdeeds of the Bush administrations and come out on the side of Truth, Justice, and transparency.

The alternative is to declare war on the internet; that is like declaring war on sand, or drugs, or ignorance.'

Adding, Blair is to be recalled for his behaviour in 2003..passing on 'intelligence' he said he received (for example, his lie : Saddam can deploy his wmd in the space of any 45 MINUTES) to Bush. His Intelligence protested strongly..*** we never said that!***

We are long overdue Assange (the publishing company) and WikiLeaks (the hackers).

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If the Aussies don't do something, I am completely without anything to say!

No need for explanations. Chris Dodd AND Joseph Lieberman. Connecticut?

Elites like the idea of being in charge, and they don't really trust "the people" in whose name they govern, even though it is the latter that pays their salaries, and fights their wars. Elites like the sense of power and status that being "on the inside" conveys: it's a turn-on to know things that other people don't, and it can be so darn inconvenient when the public gets wind of what the current "best and brightest" are actually doing...

Their view of the public's right to information is akin to the view expressed by Col. Nathan Jessep (memorably played by Jack Nicholson) in the film A Few Good Men. When defense attorney Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) says "I want the truth!," Jessep retorts: "You can't handle the truth!" Unless, of course, it is filtered by establishment journalists like Woodward, and not by some unsympathetic upstart like Assange.

Excerpted from:
Should Bob Woodward be arrested? , by Stephen M. Walt
http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/12/10/more_wikileaks_double_standards

I am very worried for Mr. Assange. The sociopaths who are in control of the U.S. government, and its puppet countries, do not care one wit about the actual principles of law (constitutional or statutory); they care about power -- their power. Mr. Assange has threatened the release of documents regarding the corruption and criminal behavior of the true global power elite: the moneylenders (not just banks). He and Wikileaks must release at least a part of such documents right now. Actually releasing some of them will expose the corruption and vice of the primary power structure, and this will terrify them and may forestall some of their agenda against us. However, these bast**ds do not play by any rules. If the U.S. or its agents get their hands on Mr. Assange's physical existence, he will disappear into a black hole, possibly in a prison contaminated with U238, that is, if he is kept alive.

Just like the JFK assassination, the purpose is to intimidate and chill any other courageous people from revealing what they know. This time, unlike 1963, millions of people are so angry they won't be intimidated. God forbid, but if Mr. Assange is effectively "destroyed," we had damn well better remember him with more than demonstrations around federal buildings.

What can we actually do? Here are two major acts -- both completely lawful -- that will freak the powerful, if we would but actually DO THEM.

(1) Withdraw all monies from all bank accounts, refuse to use credit or debit cards. If you must maintain an account, allow the income to be deposited then pull all of it out except $10 to $100 (whatever is needed to keep the account open). There is no law that requires you to maintain an account, even Social Security payments can be put on a separate card from Social Security. Further, if you maintain an account, there is no law that requires you to LEAVE the money in it after it is received. I doubt the average person can imagine the damage that will be done to the power elite if hundreds of millions just withdraw their cash. Use money orders.

(2) Shunning! If you have ever seen this work, you know its power. It can be used by anyone, anywhere. It, too, is perfectly lawful. You treat the shunned person as if he or she did not exist. Therefore, you engage in no transactions, do not speak, do not provide any services (a cup of water, bread, a telephone call) -- nothing. If they fall in the river you walk by and do not throw them a rope. You don't throw rope to empty space do you? (You have no lawful obligation to rescue or report anything unless you were involved.) The rich love service and people groveling for their money. Sociopaths can not tolerate rejection; they go crazy. People have committed suicide from being shunned.

If these banksters and company will not respect the rule of law, if they are willing to poison us, falsely accuse and arrest us, and endlessly commit crimes, then they are criminals who deserve to be treated like criminals. We have no moral or lawful obligation to tolerate even their existence, let alone their crimes.

Remember these. You are going to need them.