What should the US government do about Wikileaks founder Julian Assange?
In particular, can and should the US government go after him, given that he is not an American citizen and he apparently committed his bad acts outside of US territory?
Paul sent me the following useful links on Wikileaks:
The Undercurrent blog post:
http://www.the-undercurrent.com/blog/campus-media-response-wikileaks-and-the-new-face-of-nihilism
The MIT Tech article:
http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N58/wikileaks_p.html
Law blog analysis:
http://opiniojuris.org/2010/08/21/can-the-us-prosecute-wikileaks-founder-sure-if-they-can-catch-him/
Conservative OpEd at Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/02/AR2010080202627.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
WSJ article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704488404575441673460880204.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTTopStories
(reports that US govt believes it can prosecute Assange)
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