Friday, December 17, 2010

Wikileaks did not commit a crime, House Judiciary chairman says

From Raw Story

"As an initial matter, there is no doubt that WikiLeaks is very unpopular right now. Many feel that the WikiLeaks publication was offensive," (Representative John)Conyers said, according to prepared remarks. "But being unpopular is not a crime, and publishing offensive information is not either. And the repeated calls from politicians, journalists, and other so-called experts crying out for criminal prosecutions or other extreme measures make me very uncomfortable."

After all the knee jerk responses, the actual legal realities begin to settle in..

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