If a DOD investigation reveals that espionage contributed to the leak of over 90,000 classified documents by Julian Assange, owner of Wikileaks, he could be well charged under US law. The DOJ has expressed it’s complete support of the Army probe and will await findings. If there is a direct cooperative link between Assange and PFC Bradley Manning – who is currently in custody, the jig for Mr. Assange will be up.
In anticipation of this an international BOLO has been issued for Assange. All US intelligence agencies have begun tracking him. He is known to travel with only a laptop, but several locations are known to US and international intelligence agencies. Wikileaks is hosted off a server in Sweden, which is out of US jurisdiction. However, under certain conditions, ie; criminal acts, Wikileaks servers could be shut down or confiscated and if located Mr. Assange could be arrested and turned over to the US.
His cohorts at Wikileaks are definitely concerned that Assange’s actions could have left them in legal jeopardy.
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WIKILEAKS insiders and activists are somewhat concerned about Assange’s recent visit to Iceland, and its proposed media and data haven. This we regard as an interesting development.
However, what really concerns us are the discussions that took place between Assange and a small group of Icelandic politicians led by Birgitta Jonsdottir. The subject concerned Assange renouncing his Australian nationality, and taking Icelandic nationality, the reason for this is that Icelandic citizens cannot be extradited to the USA.
It would appear to the rank and file activists here at WIKILEAKS that Assange is trying to cover himself before he risks another high profile release of documents and video footage. However, just where that leaves the rest of us here at WIKILEAKS is another story, and just how exposed will we be. Assange’s past assertions that WIKILEAKS will protect and represent ALL its sources has undergone a subtle change. NOW Assange asserts that WIKILEAKS WILL ATTEMPT to protest and represent its sources.
Assange has tried to open a dialog with the US government concerning Manning, and the 260,000 leaked documents. However the US government appears to be in no mood to accommodate Assange. Once the US government establishes the link between Manning and Assange then its game over for Assange and an international arrest warrant will be issues.
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