April 16, 2009
This is a time for reflection, not retribution. I respect the strong views and emotions that these issues evoke. We have been through a dark and painful chapter in our history. But at a time of great challenges and disturbing disunity, nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past. Our national greatness is embedded in America's ability to right its course in concert with our core values, and to move forward with confidence. That is why we must resist the forces that divide us, and instead come together on behalf of our common future.
The United States is a nation of laws. My administration will always act in accordance with those laws, and with an unshakeable commitment to our ideals. That is why we have released these memos, and that is why we have taken steps to ensure that the actions described within them never take place again.
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November 29, 2010
Yesterday, Congressman Peter King called on Attorney General Eric Holder to prosecute Wikileaks' founder, Julian Assange. Today, Holder assured reporters that he's on the case.
Holder emphasized that his office, along with the Department of Defense, is conducting an "active ongoing criminal investigation."Holder emphasized that his office, along with the Department of Defense, is conducting an "active ongoing criminal investigation."
"To the extent that we can find anybody who was involved in the breaking of American law, and who has put at risk the assets and the people that I have described, they will be held responsible," Holder said at a press conference this morning. "They will be held accountable."
Apparently, if you actually kill someone, you can obtain immunity from the Obama Justice Department. However,if you publish classified documents, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
That is one heck of a standard our current Justice Department has set.
Or more likely, they are just deathly afraid of Republicans and will follow their instructions religiously. The word cowardly comes to mind for some reason.
Prosecutions of journalists is a slippery scope and the Obama Administration could be setting a dangerous 1st Amendment precedent by taking such a case to court, regardless of the outcome. But the larger issue is why do they hold people who write or leak memos more accountable than people who have actually murdered human beings?