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Quite sorry, you're correct, the calls for assassination were from a chap in Canada, and the congressmen were calling for an espionage charge, which is a crime
by unimpressive 13y ago
Quite sorry, you're correct, the calls for assassination were from a chap in Canada, and the congressmen were calling for an espionage charge, which is a crime that carries the death penalty as far as I know.
Source: Wiki
EDIT: And the death penalty would likely be sought by that interpretation.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/01/us-embassy-cables-executed-mike-huckabee http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/01/us-embassy-cable...
- mpyne 13y agoThe U.S. didn't execute Walker or Hanssen, and even Assange is in the minor leagues compared to those two.
- cbgfdgmhtyju 13y agoI love this quote from his lawyer: "It's interesting to note people as high up the American tree as Sarah Palin have called for him to be hunted down by American special forces and assassinated." You gotta be worried when laughing-stock resigned governors of small states are out to get you. Also, what she actually said was just: "Why was he not pursued with the same urgency we pursue al Qaeda and Taliban leaders?"
- cbgfdgmhtyju 13y agoOh, and I totally was talking about Assange's world view. Not yours (which I don't know about :)).