If we were to judge what kind of person that WikiLeaks founder Julia Assaunge is based on his current behavior, what kind of conclusion are we forced to reach?
Consider: He’s releasing classified documents that don’t belong to him, and without any concern as to who gets hurt because of his releasing them.
Consider: He’s forcing our State Department to deal with the global damage caused by his reckless disregard for the consequences, thereby distracting the State Department from conducting American foreign policy both at home and overseas.
Consider: He was accused of serious sex crimes in Sweden and fled the country, which lead Sweden to file a warrant with INTERPOL for his arrest and extradition back to Sweden to face trial.
Consider: He’s threatened to release unredacted U.S. material—all of it—if he’s arrested to face a sex crimes trial in Sweden. In other words, he’s threatening to violate a ton of laws if he’s arrested for breaking laws in Sweden. In his mind, it’s all right for him to threaten the U.S. with severe damage if Sweden has him arrested for breaking Swedish laws.
What conclusion comes to mind about Assaunge when you consider all the above factors?
Here’s my read:
He’s a white-collar criminal who's out there blowing his own horn and saying "look at me!" And now he’s now threatening to use his ill-gotten gains to make demands of the U.S. government, “or else!” That’s classic blackmail, which is also illegal. An argument could be made that he’s also a terrorist, by holding our government hostage to these documents. Those documents are WMDs, and they’re definitely in the wrong hands.
The sooner they arrest him, the sooner they can get this man and his organization out of the headlines.
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