[Peace-discuss] huckabee - execute assange

[E. Wayne Johnson]

uh...um...er...*
*

*
*

*Huck: Leaker should be executed*
November 30, 2010 04:50 PM EST  (politico.com)

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says execution is the appropriate 
punishment for the leaker who provided thousands of State Department 
documents to the website WikiLeaks.

"Whoever in our government leaked that information is guilty of treason, 
and I think anything less than execution is too kind a penalty," 
Huckabee, a likely presidential candidate, told reporters 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRxBdnnNDwg&feature=player_embedded> 
Monday during a stop at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & 
Library to sign copies of his new children's book, "Can't Wait Till 
Christmas!"

"They've put American lives at risk," Huckabee said. "They put 
relationships that will take decades to rebuild at risk. They knew full 
well that they were handling sensitive documents, they were entrusted. 
And anyone who had access to that level of information was not only a 
person who understood what their rules were, but they also signed under 
oath a commitment that they would not violate. They did. ... Any lives 
they endangered, they're personally responsible for and the blood is on 
their hands."

Huckabee also took aim at The New York Times, the only American outlet 
to receive the leaks in advance, for publishing information from the 
cables.

"The New York Times has shown an utter reckless disregard for any 
responsible journalism by printing something that they know that they 
obtained in a way that is not appropriate," he said.

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.chambana.net/pipermail/peace-discuss/attachments/20101204/e5e6ee01/attachment.html>