WikiLeaks Founder Fears Will Be Arrested by US Government

[Hunter]

The 39 year-old told journalists at the Frontline Club last night that US government insiders had informed him about discussions to charge him as a co-conspirator to espionage.

The discussions were later dropped.

Mr Assange says despite this he still fears he is at risk of being forcefully detained by the US government as a material witness in the prosecution of US intelligence analyst Bradley Manning.

Mr Manning, 22, was arrested in Baghdad in May and charged earlier this month with multiple counts of mishandling and leaking classified data, after a computer hacker turned him in.

In the United States an authority has the right to detain and hold a material witness for an indefinite period to ensure they give their testimony in a criminal investigation.

UK Telegraph

 

[Colonel Ronan]

What a douchebag computer hacker.

 

[Hunter]

I have absolutely no respect or sympathy for anyone who compromises our national security interests or puts our troops in harms way.

 

[Colonel Ronan]

I have absolutely no respect or sympathy for anyone who compromises our national security interests or puts our troops in harms way.

What exactly did he do? I heard he put thousands of classified military documents on the site but I have no idea what they were about.

 

[Hunter]

Well the WikiFounder recieved 97,000+ classified pages of information relating to the Afganistan war and posted it online. They believe he received the information from an Army private who worked in intelligence. The army guy has been arrested and is being held at a military base in the Middle East awaiting a military trial.

 

[Colonel Ronan]

Well the WikiFounder recieved 97,000+ classified pages of information relating to the Afganistan war and posted it online. They believe he received the information from an Army private who worked in intelligence. The army guy has been arrested and is being held at a military base in the Middle East awaiting a military trial.

How did the documents put the soldier's lives in jeopardy though?

 

[DP]

It puts everyones lives in jeopardy.

 

[44Thrilla]

From what I heard, there was nothing that important or dangerous in the docs.

 

[CelticKing]

He just exposed our govt which had no right to go to Afghanistan or Iraq. Thousands of lives lost at the hands of our govt, which was/is funded by us.


Guy should move to Canada or some place in western Europe, it's getting dangerous if you show you're against the govt here in the states.

 

[Colonel Ronan]

My Wiki leaks.

 

[Mamba]

My Wiki leaks.