Desire to stop secrets outlet WikiLeaks from disclosing more US documents could lead to a new Sedition Act, according to former Rep. Bob Barr (R-GA).
Try as they might, US officials will not be able to convict WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under current laws and will resort to passing new draconian measures, Barr explained in recent column.
Signed into law in 1798 by President John Adams, the Sedition Act made it a crime to publish "false, scandalous, and malicious writing" against the government.
Of the 25 people charged with violating the Sedition Act, most were newspaper editors. The law expired in 1801 and those convicted were pardoned by President Thomas Jefferson.
"Jefferson was, of course, right in his view of this law (which expired before its constitutionality could be determined by the Supreme Court)," Barr wrote. "His wisdom is well-needed today to quell the blood thirst of those clamoring for Assange’s head because of WikiLeaks’ release of cables and e-mails critical of and embarrassing to, the government."
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2 comments:
They don't need to do a thing. They already own the newspapers and the media as a whole. No one will report thew truth that has been set free.
The truth is the real news. If the people heard of all the atrocities, they would be up in arms. There is more reporting about the fact that Wikileaks exists than about what information is out there. You have to search for it. I'm feeling bad about the things our government has done and continues to be doing.
Peace.
and those atrocities are why 9/11 happened...not because they hate us for our freedoms. By the time the public wakes up, I fear it will be too late.
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