Where does one start in this saga? It is quite hard to grasp all the facts, simply because there are so many facts, and so many talking heads debating the facts. With the twenty-four hour news cycle, it is easy to react and debate the rumors, only to have to recant and face the truths, or rather half truths.
Obviously, over the past few weeks, we've seen calls for Assange to be tried for espionage, or even treason. The calls for the whistle blowing website to be shut down, permanently, have resonated from a multitude of Washington officials. We have even seen the CEO of WikiLeaks defended for his actions by people we wouldn't ordinarily consider as his supporters, including those whom often kill their political enemies with rare radioactive isotopes (speculative that is).
So, how is it that one of the most noted libertarians in the US as well as one of the most noted totalitarians in Russia can be in agreement on the same subject? Also, how is that foreign countries who were or are less free than the United States have leaders that sound more open towards freedom than our leaders? These are the questions that should be asked and answered, not the "how do we charge this guy" questions that are being asked.
Consider this; a brand new law made to be able to prosecute Assange for his dissemination of the cables, despite the legal precedent and tradition of the freedom of expression offered in the USA. Not to mention the fact that Assange is not a resident of the US nor has he stepped foot inside the country to commit any of his alleged crimes, there should be no over reach of sovereignty in this instance. Even if the man behind the leaks had been a state sponsored conspirator, countries don't simply hand over their spies in an effort to save the spied upon country's face. Not to mention that passing the SHIELD (Securing Human Intelligence and Enforcing Lawful Dissemination) Act and using it to charge Assange would be completely unconstitutional.
Not to worry, as it seems that law and justice are not something the US government bureaucrats are interested in any more. Have we gone the way of the Romans? An empire in such decline that we are witnessing the last gasp efforts to retain knowledge (which is power) in any and all efforts?
According to this guest post on Zero Hedge, that seems to be the way things are going. If you read no other link from this post, or this blog period, you should read the one by Charles Hugh Smith. His depth and brevity of the situation, and why there has been so much feigned outrage by the ruling elites, is
spot on in my opinion (emphasis added).
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