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I already knew this, but the mainstream media are fucking useless toadies: WikiLeaks must be stopped [Mark A. Thiessen, Washington Post]

With appropriate diplomatic pressure, these governments may cooperate in bringing Assange to justice. But if they refuse, the United States can arrest Assange on their territory without their knowledge or approval. In 1989, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel issued a memorandum entitled "Authority of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to Override International Law in Extraterritorial Law Enforcement Activities."

This memorandum declares that "the FBI may use its statutory authority to investigate and arrest individuals for violating United States law, even if the FBI's actions contravene customary international law" and that an "arrest that is inconsistent with international or foreign law does not violate the Fourth Amendment." In other words, we do not need permission to apprehend Assange or his co-conspirators anywhere in the world.

This, of course, pretty much translates as "We wrote ourselves a permission slip giving ourselves the power to do anything to anyone, anywhere. You can do that sort of thing when you're working for the World-Empire. Suck it, peons!"

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[From: jessie-c.livejournal.com]

Yep.