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Intimidatory statements by US political figures
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Intimidatory statements by US political figures
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Biden: Assange a high-tech terrorist
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Marc Thiessen: US should organize cyber attacks against Wikileaks
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Mike Huckabee: "anything less than execution is too kind a penalty"
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Sarah Palin: Assange should be "hunted down like Osama bin Laden"
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US politicians ask WikiLeaks to be prosecuted under the Espionage Act
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Government and establishment media fear-mongering against WikiLeaks
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18 Dec: Bank of America stops handling payments for Wikileaks
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Dec 2, 2010: Amazon cuts off WikiLeaks
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Dec 3, 2010: Library of Congress blocks access to Wikileaks website
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Dec 4, 2010: PayPal Freezes WikiLeaks Account
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Dec 6, 2010: MasterCard pulls plug on WikiLeaks payments
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Dec 6, 2010: Swiss bank freezes Assange's legal defense fund
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Jan 8, 2011: US judge orders Twitter to turn over Wikileaks accounts
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People warned not to engage with the leaked material
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Swedish charges against Julian Assange for sexual misconduct
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Tom Flanagan: Julian Assange is a traitor and should be assassinated
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US Air Force blocks media sites posting WikiLeaks (including NY Times)
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Wikileaks has come under massive corporate attack to shut it down
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Dec 16, 2010: Calls for restraint on prosecutions at Congress Hearing
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