Quotes: Congressman Says Army Leaker Committed Capital Offense

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange holds up a copy of a newspaper during a press conference

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“If they won’t charge him with treason, they ought to charge him with murder.”

— REP. MIKE ROGERS, a Republican from Michigan, telling a radio host that Army analyst Bradley Manning’s alleged release of documents to Wikileaks constituted a capital offense, and could therefore be punishable by death (via Yahoo News)