tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post6088084847242371418..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Hypocrisy Thy Name is GovernmentFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-17041657173995046942012-08-18T09:45:39.137-04:002012-08-18T09:45:39.137-04:00Rick,
You are quite right regarding the possible e...Rick,<br />You are quite right regarding the possible exposure of informants to retaliation. To that I can attest as having in a former life dealt with them extensively. The motivations propelling informants are quite varied and well worth being addressed in a separate essay.<br /><br />Regarding this particular instance, perhaps you can supply particulars to illustrate your point. That I am as yet unaware of such an instance does not foreclose the possibility of its/their existence.<br /><br />"No question that <a href="http://lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis303.html" rel="nofollow">Assange is annoyingly arrogant and a relentless publicity-seeker</a>. But Assange’s real crime is "lese majeste," a French offense of annoying or embarrassing the monarch."ΛΕΟΝΙΔΑΣhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976785560712692275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-85929053065383792982012-08-17T21:56:31.126-04:002012-08-17T21:56:31.126-04:00Pogo, you need to go back and re-read what he actu...Pogo, you need to go back and re-read what he actually did, which wasn't just embarrass governments, but also included things like leaking the names of informants, opening them up to retaliation.Rick Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-7348407447782236692012-08-17T10:33:25.547-04:002012-08-17T10:33:25.547-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Pogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067382603590454738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-2644908632902959562012-08-17T10:31:52.979-04:002012-08-17T10:31:52.979-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Pogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067382603590454738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-14624934620205821132012-08-17T10:30:08.252-04:002012-08-17T10:30:08.252-04:00Anon,
Aussange did NOT engage in espionage. He mer...Anon,<br />Aussange did NOT engage in espionage. He merely published emails that caused embarrassment to government apparatchiks as has the New York Times, the Boston Globe etc. Ever hear of the Pentagon Papers affair?Pogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067382603590454738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-78262832608689629802012-08-17T08:27:20.241-04:002012-08-17T08:27:20.241-04:00Anon,
"Whatever it takes to bring him to jus...Anon,<br /><br /><i>"Whatever it takes to bring him to justice"</i><br /> <br />Including an act of war? And would you include the White House operatives leaking sensitive security data to the press in order to glorify our dear leader?<br /><br />"Justice" would appear to be rather flexibly subjective to some. Why not simply add Mr Assange to the presidential kill list?ΛΕΟΝΙΔΑΣhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976785560712692275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-63897217102577197552012-08-16T21:25:21.373-04:002012-08-16T21:25:21.373-04:00It sounds as though you look favorably on what Ass...It sounds as though you look favorably on what Assange has done (releasing the documents not his dalliance with two women) or perhaps think it wasn't worthy of prosecution. My feeling is that he has indeed committed a crime and if some other questionable action by Assange can be used as a pretext to capture him then that is good. Whatever it takes to bring him to justice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com