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<H3><A
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Documents Reveal US Military Designated Assange ‘Enemy of State’</A></H3>
<H4 id=pagesub><FONT size=4>This is the same designation held by al-Qaeda, and
it means that Assange could be killed or detained without trial</FONT></H4>
<DIV class=details><FONT size=4><STRONG>by John Glaser, September 26, 2012
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<P><FONT size=4><STRONG>Newly declassified documents have revealed that the US
military designated WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange </STRONG></FONT><A
href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/us-calls-assange-enemy-of-state-20120927-26m7s.html"><FONT
size=4><STRONG>an enemy of the state</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT size=4><STRONG>,
who can be killed or detained without trial.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4><STRONG><IMG class="alignright size-full wp-image-33327"
title="" alt=""
src="http://news.antiwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/WikiLeaks-Assange.jpeg"
width=300 height=300>The documents were released under a Freedom of Information
Act request for an investigation into a US Air Force cyber analyst who
allegedly expressed support for WikiLeaks and attended pro-Assange
demonstrations.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4><STRONG>The investigation, the documents reveal, was meant to
determine whether this analyst, who had a top-secret security clearance,
had given classified information to WikiLeaks supporters, who the documents
describe as an “anti-US and/or anti-military group.”</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4><STRONG>The documents allege this suspect may have been
“communicating with the enemy, 104-D,” an article in the US Uniform Code of
Military Justice that prohibits military personnel from “communicating,
corresponding or holding intercourse with the enemy,” the same designation held
by al-Qaeda.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4><STRONG>Assange’s US attorney, Michael Ratner, claims this
designation has very dangerous implications and could be interpreted as a green
light to kill or detain Assange without charge or trial.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4><STRONG>“It appears that Julian Assange and WikiLeaks are the
‘enemy.’ An enemy is dealt with under the laws of war, which could include
killing, capturing, detaining without trial, etc.,” Ratner
warned.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4><STRONG>WikiLeaks is nothing more than a publishing platform and
Julian Assange is properly understood as a journalist. For the US military to
designate him in the same class as al-Qaeda militants is the greatest affront to
first amendment press freedoms in a very long
time.</STRONG></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>