The news is all about WikiLeaks this week. My husband theorizes that Julian Assange (the owner/creator) is such a narcissist that he couldn't stand all the news coverage being about Korea so he put out this big leak. 
Contrary to the prior security memos that were put up that dealt solely with Iraq & Afghanistan, it looks like this one actually contains international information that the public didn't already know. Or at least we didn't know for sure, even if most people strongly suspected (i.e. China is getting sick of North Korea acting like a spoiled child).
The guy who alledgedly got all of the leaks about Iraq/Afghanistan is already in US custody, Private First Class Bradley Manning a.k.a. bradass87 (or something like that). He was a hacker prior to enlisting and when he found that all of those Security Memos were available to him he burned it onto a DVD (acting like he was listening to music). He then made it all available saying "Information should be free to all" or something like that. Another hacker turned him in. I don't know if all of this is from the same guy or not; they aren't saying.
The person who stole the information should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, IMO. He or she is a theif and guilty of at least Espionage and at most Treason.
But for the website itself it isn't as cut & dried. I've heard two polar opposite viewpoints. Yes, both on Fox and both from hosts of different shows.
Judge Andrew Napolitano, host of Freedom Watch on the Fox Business Network during a segment with Shepherd Smith, said that although it would feel good to go after the website/Julien Assange it would not be within the law or Constitution to do so. The person who stole the Secret/Classified materials is the only one who has broken the law as the website is a) written, owned and hosted outside of the US, and b) is part of the Press whether we like it or not. As part of the Press releasing these documents falls under the First Amendment since he (Assange) didn't steal the information himself to post on his website.
The other school of thought is that the US should go after the website/Julien Assange for Espionage at the very least. Treason is a crime that can carry the death penalty, which is what they want, but since Assange is Australian by birth and currently residing in Europe they aren't sure how to make it stick. This is supported by people ranging from Bill O'Reilly to Pres. Bill Clinton. Even Hillary has said that she feels that what WikiLeaks is doing illegal activities by publishing the classified documents.
I will say this - the information this time around has sure been interesting!
Contrary to the prior security memos that were put up that dealt solely with Iraq & Afghanistan, it looks like this one actually contains international information that the public didn't already know. Or at least we didn't know for sure, even if most people strongly suspected (i.e. China is getting sick of North Korea acting like a spoiled child).
The guy who alledgedly got all of the leaks about Iraq/Afghanistan is already in US custody, Private First Class Bradley Manning a.k.a. bradass87 (or something like that). He was a hacker prior to enlisting and when he found that all of those Security Memos were available to him he burned it onto a DVD (acting like he was listening to music). He then made it all available saying "Information should be free to all" or something like that. Another hacker turned him in. I don't know if all of this is from the same guy or not; they aren't saying.
The person who stole the information should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, IMO. He or she is a theif and guilty of at least Espionage and at most Treason.
But for the website itself it isn't as cut & dried. I've heard two polar opposite viewpoints. Yes, both on Fox and both from hosts of different shows.
Judge Andrew Napolitano, host of Freedom Watch on the Fox Business Network during a segment with Shepherd Smith, said that although it would feel good to go after the website/Julien Assange it would not be within the law or Constitution to do so. The person who stole the Secret/Classified materials is the only one who has broken the law as the website is a) written, owned and hosted outside of the US, and b) is part of the Press whether we like it or not. As part of the Press releasing these documents falls under the First Amendment since he (Assange) didn't steal the information himself to post on his website.
The other school of thought is that the US should go after the website/Julien Assange for Espionage at the very least. Treason is a crime that can carry the death penalty, which is what they want, but since Assange is Australian by birth and currently residing in Europe they aren't sure how to make it stick. This is supported by people ranging from Bill O'Reilly to Pres. Bill Clinton. Even Hillary has said that she feels that what WikiLeaks is doing illegal activities by publishing the classified documents.
I will say this - the information this time around has sure been interesting!
