Rightbloggers on WikiLeaks: KILL ASSANGE-But Not Till We Use His Stuff Against Obama (Village Voice)

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Rightbloggers on WikiLeaks: Kill Julian Assange, But Not Till We Use His Stuff Against Obama

By Roy Edroso, Sun., Nov. 28 2010 @ 11:22PM


Look at this fucking hipster.

This weekend we got another fat load of WikiLeaks, based on purloined diplomatic cables to and from the U.S. State Department. As happened when Julian Assange's muckraking endeavor leaked U.S. military data from Iraq earlier this year, conservatives are outraged, and some call, as before, for the expeditious arrest of Assange, or fantasize about his assassination.

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Last weekend the diplomatic leaks was released, and with them came the usual calls for Assange's death and/or detention. "Julian Assange, Why is He Still Breathing?" asked Paladin's Page. "Assange should be looking at the inside of a container on a ship doing lazy racetracks around the Indian Ocean," said Blackfive. "I won't think twice if Julian Assange meets the cold blade of an assassin," said Donald Douglas. Etc.

The Obama Administration denounced the leaks but, having not the stones to send a cold-bladed assassin to preempt Assange, failed to prevent them, which rightbloggers declared proof of the Kenyan Pretender's malfeasance or worse.

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Almost uniformly, these folks were outraged that the leaks occurred and that newspapers collaborated with WikiLeaks to put them in print. (A cheering exception was Karen Kwiatkowski, who was happy that in this dark age of TSA intrusions "in blatant violation of both the Constitution and laws against sexual and physical abuse," WikiLeaks is getting our leaders to "experience what we experience, to feel what we feel.") But they were cool with using the leaks to blast the Administration and to support their own particular hobby-horses. Maybe WikiLeaks thrives, not because Obama is too chicken to kill Julian Assange, but because whenever they drop a document dump, everyone, one way or another, gets a piece of the action.

more (a ton of links):
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2010/11/rightbloggers_o_12.php?page=2

[NorthCarolina]

1. Do these idiots believe that Assage keeps this information on his person?

Killing him would do little, if anything, to stop the leaks. I'm quite sure he has several confidants each of which has a full contingent of all information leaked to the site. If anything, his sudden death would likely trigger an immediate full release of everything they have, including the key to the "Insurance" download.

[Incitatus]

2. Not only that, it would also get millions more interested in the information

A lot of people are familiar with the story, but not so many are bothering to actually read what is being released. I would imagine an assassination would result in a far greater interest in his leaks.

[NorthCarolina]

3. Yes, the last thing the government wants is a martyr. nt