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For those who continue to belittle Julian Assange’s fears for his safety, and who insist that Ecuador’s granting him political asylum was merely a ploy to evade questioning on sexual accusations in Sweden, WikiLeaks has just compiled video clips of U.S. officials, world Leaders, and famous TV political pundits proclaiming Julian Assange to be a ‘terrorist’, with many explicitly calling for his assassination:

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Just a few transcript highlights of an alarming number of implicit and explicit threats made against Assange and WikiLeaks:

1. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Meet The Press:

David Gregory: Should the United States do something to stop Mr. Assange?

Biden: We’re looking at that right now. The Justice Department is taking a look … I would argue that he is closer to being a high tech terrorist than the Pentagon Papers.

2. Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff, Karl Rove:

The head of WikiLeaks is not a particularly credible source in my mind. He is a … to my mind he is a criminal and he ought to be hunted down, and grabbed, and put on trial for what he has done here.

3. Former Speaker, House of Representatives, (2012 GOP Candidate for President of the US) Newt Gingrich:

Information warfare is warfare and Julian Assange is engaged in warfare. Information ‘terrorism which leads to people getting killed is ‘terrorism’, and Julian Assange is engaged in ‘terrorism’. He should be treated as an enemy combatant. WikiLeaks should be closed down permanently and decisively. 

4. U.S. Senator (from Kentucky) Mitch McConnel:

I think the man is a high-tech terrorist, and I think he needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. And if that becomes a problem we need to change the law.

5. Bob Beckel, Political Commentator and Analyst:

The way to deal with this is pretty simple. We’ve got special-ops forces. I mean a dead man cannot leak stuff. This guy is a traitor and treasonous, and he has broken every law in the United States. The guy ought to be — and I’m not for the death penalty, so if I’m not for the death penalty … illegally shoot the son-of-a-bitch!

6. Bo Dietl, Chairman NY Security Guard Advisory Council:

Obama, if you’re listening today? You should take this guy out — have the CIA take him out.

7. President Obama: “He broke the law.”

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