Let's face it... we can talk all we want about having Assange indicted under the Espionage Act of 1917 (which makes it a crime, punishable by death and/or 30 years in prison, "... to convey information with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the armed forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies. ")... but that means extradition from a country that has an existing treaty with the US (and Iceland doesn't) and years and years of litigation and expense simply to try and stop what is nothing more than a symptom of a greater problem: lax security within our own Federal system.
Want the leaks to stop? Find out where they are coming from... and stop it at the source. Assange and his lackeys have a source within the US Federal system... an obvious fact... so why are we continually bitching about Assange? If it weren't him, it would be someone else, right? Arrest Assange, and someone else takes the same files from the same source and uploads them to the web from a WiFi cafe in Paris, or Stockholm, or Mexico City, or Tokyo... pick your major city.
The question shouldn't be "How do we make people like Assange not want to post these documents?" The question should be "How do we make people that are leaking this to Assange not want to take that sort of risk?"
The answer is "Hold those responsible for the leaks to date answerable to the full weight of the Law... maximum penalty as applicable under the Federal regulations."
How many Pfcs in the Army intelligence corps are going to be tempted by a $15,000 paycheck when the cost of being "caught" is 30 years in Leavenworth... or the chair?
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