[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 160 (Tuesday, December 7, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H8035]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TIME TO CHARGE ASSANGE NOW

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Michigan (Mrs. Miller) for 2 minutes.
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, since WikiLeaks has begun 
releasing American top secret information that it obtained illegally, 
there has been a debate about how our Nation should respond to this. I 
believe that the actions of WikiLeaks provide material support to our 
terrorist enemies, so it should be treated as a terrorist organization. 
Others have argued that WikiLeaks is simply a media organization and, 
therefore, it is protected under the First Amendment.
  Well, consider for a moment the most recent statements by Julian 
Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, which I believe show exactly what he 
is--a terrorist. Assange has spread across the world an encrypted 
document which he claims has even more vital national secrets that he 
is going to release. Assange calls this file his ``insurance'' file, 
and he has threatened to release this information if he is captured or 
if he is charged with any violation of law. Those, Mr. Speaker, are not 
the actions of a journalist. Those are the actions of a terrorist.
  Even President Clinton recently said that lives will be lost because 
of the release of this information. But still, Mr. Speaker, we still 
have not heard anything on this issue from our current Commander in 
Chief, President Obama. The silence from President Obama, our Commander 
in Chief, is absolutely baffling.

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