Julian Assange close to being a high-tech terrorist: USA

[Lankan Ranger]

Julian Assange close to being a high-tech terrorist: USA

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is closer to being a high-tech terrorist, even as the US is yet to determine the type of charges to be framed against him, US vice-president Joe Biden said.

"I would argue that it's closer to being a high-tech terrorist than the Pentagon Papers," Biden told the NBC News in an interview.

"This guy (Assange) has done things that have damaged and put in jeopardy the lives and occupations of people in other parts of the world.

He has made it more difficult for us to conduct our business with our allies and our friends," Biden said.

This was Biden's reply when asked whether he thought Assange was a hi-tech terrorist or a whistleblower akin to those who released the Pentagon Papers -- a series of top-secret documents revealing US military policy in Vietnam.

"For example, in my meetings -- you know I meet with most of these world leaders. There is a desire now to meet with me alone rather than have staff in the room. It makes things more cumbersome. So it has done damage," the US vice president said in response.

When asked if he considered Assange a criminal, Biden said: "If he conspired to get these classified documents with a member of the US military that's fundamentally different than if somebody drops on your lap, "Here, David, you're a press person. Here is classified material."

Julian Assange close to being a high-tech terrorist: US - The Times of India

 

[Mabs]

And the US lost the 2022 FIFA World Cup bid because the Bid committee was influenced and coerced by Julian Assange.

 

[lapinschous1]

Apparently Assange's just revealing the truth that's what disturbs our governments... I don't let him much time to live anymore.

 

[Parashuram1]

Now this is totally ridiculous. United States is going on the same path as what it accused its long-term rival Soviet Union to be: stamping out a speaker just for what he is saying.

By announcing the man-hunt on Assange just because he could pull down the pants of some American leaders, United States is not doing any justification. First, he had to run away from his country which is none of our business but then Washington demanded him closing down using one of our Swiss portals to publish his findings which is absolutely ridiculous as we are not interested in pandering the whims of a few embarrassed American leaders at the cost of our free will.