John Bolton Escalates the Wikileaks War

Move over Peter King, you’ve been trumped:

Former ambassador John Bolton tells National Review Online that he would charge Pfc. Bradley Manning with treason for sharing U.S. intelligence with Wikileaks. “I believe treason is still punishable by death and if he were found guilty, I would do it,” Bolton says.

Bolton is a reporter’s friend: he always returns phone calls. Even for this entertainer however, I’d say this is going a little far. At least Bolton recognises that if there’s “treason” about it’s Pfc Manning who will face the charge. Other people, by contrast, appear to believe that Wikileaks and Julian Assange are engaged in treasonous behaviour even though Assange is not, um, an American citizen.