New legislation in the objectives of the Congress of the United States WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to charges of espionage.
Representative Peter King, a Republican of New York, which introduced the protection of human intelligence and dissemination may impose or shield, Act on Tuesday. The Bill would clarify the law of the United States saying it is an act of espionage to publish the protected names of American intelligence sources who collaborate with the u.s. military and intelligence communities.
Re introduced similar legislation in 2010. Senators John Ensign of Nevada, a Republican, Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut independent and Scott Brown, a Republican of Massachusetts, has introduced similar legislation in the Senate last week.
King urged US Attorney General Eric Holder prosecute Assange for espionage. The new law would give the Department of Justice of the United States greater authority to prosecute intelligence leaks, King said in a press release.
"Julian Assange and his collaborators who have operated and supported WikiLeaks damaged not only the national security of the United States with their versions of classified documents, but also countless lives put at risk, including those sources of intelligence of our nation in the world," King said in a statement.
Some employees of WikiLeaks are planning a new website called OpenLeaks, "dedicated to the same conduct dangerous," King added. "These organizations have a clear and present danger to national security of the United States. Julian Assange and his compatriots are enemies of the United States, should be pursued. "
Critics of the shield they said it seems to be directed to the publishers, not ture.
Grant Gross covers technology and telecommunications policy in the Government of the United States for the IDG News Service. Follow Grant on Twitter at GrantGross. E-mail address is grant_gross@idg.com of Grant.
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