Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was in court yesterday and he just couldn't resist the temptation to fan the flames of nonsense that the media is trying so hard to keep burning brightly. In a document posted on the worldwide web, Assange says that if he is extradited to Sweden, he could end up in the United States, where he will be executed. This is just another example of Assanges' genius for self promotion. A quick check of the facts reveals that no person has been executed for treason or espionage in the United States since the 1950's.The espionage efforts of Robert Hanssen and Adrich Ames, on behalf of the Russia and the former Soviet Union have been shown to have profoundly compromised America's intelligence efforts and to have resulted in the deaths of informants, yet these men were not executed for their actions and are now serving life sentences in American prisons.
Assange has the cheek to suggest he could die for posting some data on the web. Who is he kidding? No one, not even this hacker demigod, can actually believe this assertion. Does Assange actually think he is some kind of information age martyr? No, it only confirms his mastery of self-promotion and the media. In putting out this fable of his impending demise, the Wikileaks founder has shown a profound understanding of the rule that if you say something that it is just stupid enough, the papers will print it.
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