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Last night, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a press meeting that Wikileaks should be labeled a terrorist organization. I find it frightening that th

Last night, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a press meeting that Wikileaks should be labeled a terrorist organization. I find it frightening that the government has reached a point that they will label anyone they don't like as a terrorist so that they can bypass the legal system. I didn't realize that exposing information could be an act of terror, but Clinton would like to have you believe so. Edit: I did a quick Google search to find a news piece about this. The first one I found was this: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/gop-rep-wikileaks-deemed-foreign-terrorist-organization/ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/gop-rep-wikileaks-deemed-... That article tells us who lobbied Clinton to label Wikileaks as terrorists, but it also references the Pentagon Papers case, which I cited from in a comment in another discussion about Wikileaks (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1948911 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1948911).

staunch 16y ago
"Last night, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a press meeting that Wikileaks should be labeled a terrorist organization." [citation needed]
joevandyk 16y ago
So, Clinton did not say in a press meeting that Wikileaks should be labeled a terrorist organization?
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- davidcuddeback 16y ago
  I saw her say it on the news last night. I just spent a few minutes searching for the clip to post it here, but I've been unable to find it. I would think something like that would make bigger headlines, so I'm willing to admit I might have been wrong about Clinton saying that---perhaps I misunderstood something I saw last night. But in my searches, I did uncover a lot of press (such as the one I linked to in my post above) about other members of the government lobbying to have Wikileaks declared a terrorist organization. It's not quite as frightening as having the Secretary of State say it, but it still serves my original point. It will be a dangerous precedent if the government goes through with what the congressmen are asking for.

staunch 16y ago

"Last night, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a press meeting that Wikileaks should be labeled a terrorist organization." [citation needed]

joevandyk 16y ago

So, Clinton did not say in a press meeting that Wikileaks should be labeled a terrorist organization?

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davidcuddeback 16y ago
I saw her say it on the news last night. I just spent a few minutes searching for the clip to post it here, but I've been unable to find it. I would think something like that would make bigger headlines, so I'm willing to admit I might have been wrong about Clinton saying that---perhaps I misunderstood something I saw last night. But in my searches, I did uncover a lot of press (such as the one I linked to in my post above) about other members of the government lobbying to have Wikileaks declared a terrorist organization. It's not quite as frightening as having the Secretary of State say it, but it still serves my original point. It will be a dangerous precedent if the government goes through with what the congressmen are asking for.