sailingaway
01-26-2011, 09:47 PM
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/27/pentagon-red-faced-over-wikileaks-suspect/
As I have said many times, it isn't Assange, but the first amendment I defend on this.... but given the manufactured outrage at every turn, this is pretty funny....
The US Department of Defence suffered another damaging leak this week when NBC learnt the government’s chief suspect in the WikiLeaks case could not be tied to Julian Assange by its own investigation.
The leaking of the confidential findings — now surely to be part of Private Bradley Manning’s defence — sparked a tense exchange during today’s Pentagon press briefing between chief spokesman Geoff Morrell and NBC chief Pentagon reporter Jim Miklaszewski, who broke the story.
That investigation had intended to find evidence of a conspiracy between Manning and Assange, giving the US a crime to seek extradition of the WikiLeaks founder.
As I have said many times, it isn't Assange, but the first amendment I defend on this.... but given the manufactured outrage at every turn, this is pretty funny....
The US Department of Defence suffered another damaging leak this week when NBC learnt the government’s chief suspect in the WikiLeaks case could not be tied to Julian Assange by its own investigation.
The leaking of the confidential findings — now surely to be part of Private Bradley Manning’s defence — sparked a tense exchange during today’s Pentagon press briefing between chief spokesman Geoff Morrell and NBC chief Pentagon reporter Jim Miklaszewski, who broke the story.
That investigation had intended to find evidence of a conspiracy between Manning and Assange, giving the US a crime to seek extradition of the WikiLeaks founder.