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Posted on December 6, 2010 - by Venik

Low Hanging Fruit

The US government is pressuring Assange, his co-workers, Internet service providers, house pets, and even his lawyers. Ignoring the obvious illegality of this tactic, the more important question is: what exactly is the Department of State hoping to accomplish by harassing Wikileaks? The cat is out of the bag, the worms are out of the can. The entire collection of 250,000-some US embassy cables has already been widely distributed among leading newspapers and private citizens in various countries.