[LINK] Australia not asked to move on Wikileaks boss

[Kim Holburn]

For those linker who keep on referring to the Stalinist tendencies of  
the Labor Government note this:
> Ms Bishop says if the Coalition was in government it would consider  
> restricting Mr Assange's travel.
>


http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/12/2981112.htm

> Australia not asked to move on Wikileaks boss
> Stephen Smith says he has not been asked by the US to investigate  
> Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (pictured). (Colbert Report)
>
> Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith says he has not been asked by  
> the United States to put Wikileaks founder Julian Assange under  
> criminal investigation.
> Last month the whistleblower organisation enraged the US by  
> releasing more than 90,000 classified documents about the war in  
> Afghanistan.
>
> The Department of Defence has set up a taskforce to investigate the  
> potential impact of the leaks on Australian troops based in Uruzgan  
> province.
>
> Speaking at a foreign affairs debate with his Coalition counterpart  
> Julie Bishop, Mr Smith said there had been no request from the US to  
> consider criminal charges or restrict his travel.
>
> "But quite clearly we're working closely with the US on these  
> matters," he said.
>
> "These are very serious matters for concern."
>
> Ms Bishop says if the Coalition was in government it would consider  
> restricting Mr Assange's travel.
>
> "If an Australian citizen has deliberately undertaken activity that  
> could put at risk the lives of Australian forces in Afghanistan or  
> undermine our operations in any way, then I would expect the  
> government of Australia to do all it could... to identify the  
> source, to take the appropriate action," she said.
>
> The files released by Wikileaks detailed more than 100 incidents in  
> which Coalition forces killed civilians.
>
> Mr Assange defended their release saying they reflected the true  
> nature of the war.
>

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