King Wants Wikileaks Named A Terrorist Group
10:33 AM | RACHEL SLAJDARep. Peter King (R-NY), appearing on Today and Morning Joe, suggested that Wikileaks should be labeled a terrorist organization, arguing that the information the group has released may help terrorists.
King, the likely chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, also
wrote letters to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Attorney General Eric Holder asking them to, respectively, investigate whether Wikileaks should be named a terrorist organization and to criminally prosecute Julian Assange, the head of Wikileaks.
Lieberman Doesn't Think Wikileaks Is A Terrorist Org
10:55 AM | RACHEL SLAJDAResponding to a suggestion from his likely House counterpart on Homeland Security, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) said today he doesn't think Wikileaks should be designated a terrorist organization.
"Normally we reserve that designation for groups that fit the traditional definition of terrorism, which is that they are using violence to achieve a political end," Lieberman said. "While it's true that what Wikileaks did may result in damage to some people... it's not al-Qaeda."
..."Whether or not WikiLeaks is designated as a terrorist organization, the site should still be shut down, Lieberman said.
"It's a terrible thing that they--that WikiLeaks did," he said. "I hope we are doing everything we can to take down their website."
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+Sarah Palin, likely GOP nominee for president, 2012
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+Newt Gingrich, GOP's leftover brain trust
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+Joe Biden, Democratic Vice President of the United States of America