[rarestia]

I’m on the fence here. I love West, and I’m ecstatic that he’s going to be in DC soon. However, censoring media outlets for publishing the Wikileaks docs is tantamount to Communist Chinese censorship and detention of the Nobel Peace Prize winner or the prohibition of Internet access to the Wikileaks documents. People would get them online or hear about them from others. Censoring the media would’ve done nothing more than elicit cries of foul against the 1A.

I think this response from West is more knee-jerk; however, I respect the man for his views. This is a difficult subject to wrangle, and I think there are more fencesitters than are letting on.

[screaminsunshine]

It will not help if it is blathering all over the world net. It is out the cat is out of the bag. This mess is insane and unfixable. Get prepared.

[Irenic]

I think that we also should be censoring the American news agencies which enabled him to be able to do this
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Uh, no.

[Tzimisce]

Bet you guys who are risking your lives to defend our nation feel like real chumps now.

Just think: now your medical information is in our government’s incompetant, shakey hands. Better watch out for who you cross.

It’s funny to listen to the people who demand government regulation of Rush Limbaugh and Fox News now lecturing us about 1st Amendment protections.

When are the “unbiased” wikileaks and New York Times going to bring us stories about ClimateGate?

[Carley]

The house and senate passed legislation making the publishing of classified information a crime.

The legislation was vetoed by President Klinton upon pressure form NYSlimes and Washington comPost. CNN was also opposed.

[theoldmarine]

If Assange aided in any way the acquisition of this material we should kidnap him and try him in front of a military tribunal. If this material was placed in hiss hands by a third party, as much as we despise him, let’s leave the first amendment intact.

[Old Badger]

I think he made a poor choice of words here because he later refers to it as a crime and may have meant to file a criminal complaint against those news outlets that publish secrets. That’s my take anyhow and if that is what he meant ...... I’m all for it with the N.Y. Times to be the first prosecution.

[muddler]

Strike one!

[Tupelo]

“African American Conservatives”

Isn't this an oxymoron?

[pepperdog]

I do not understand why Wikileaks isn’t prosecuted for receiving stolen property. And anyone else who gets the classified info should also be prosecuted for the same crime. Why is this being treated differently? Seems to me every blogger who publishes this stuff is a guilty party. After all it’s no different than stealing books, records, private information etc., other than the fact it can do so much harm to individuals and countries.

[don-o]

read later

[depressed in 06]

I have a problem with is that the Slimes can publish what they selectively choose, i.e. to censor that which does not advance their political bias. They should publish it all or nothing.

[chronicles]

On Rep. West’s facebook post he states that he is in favor of censuring those news outlets, not censoring.

[Mike Darancette]

"And I think that we also should be censoring censuring the American news agencies which enabled him to be able to do this and then also supporting him and applauding him for the efforts. So that's kind of aiding and abetting of a serious crime."

Fixed it.