http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/19/assange-high-tech-terrorist-biden The US vice-president, Joe Biden, today likened the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, to a "hi-tech terrorist", the strongest criticism yet from the Obama administration. http://freakoutnation.com/2010/12/05/the-hypocritical-politicians-who-call-julian-assange-a-terrorist/ Newt Gingrich said: “Information warfare is warfare, and Julian Assange is engaged in warfare. Information terrorism, which leads to people getting killed, is terrorism, and Julian Assange is engaged in terrorism. He should be treated as an enemy combatant.” Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell on Meet the Press: “I think the man is a high-tech terrorist,” “He’s done enormous damage to our country, and I think he needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and if that becomes a problem, we need to change the law. It’s done enormous damage to our country and to our allies around the world. Former Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin on Facebook: ‘Assange is not a “journalist,” any more than the “editor” of al Qaeda’s new English-language magazine Inspire is a “journalist.” ‘He is an anti-American operative with blood on his hands. Eric Holder has considered espionage charges. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45667.html Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), the ranking Republican on the Homeland Security panel: King also asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to determine whether it’s possible to declare WikiLeaks a foreign terrorist organization. Doing that, he said, would give the U.S. government authority “to seize their funds and go after anyone who provides them with any help or contributions or assistance whatsoever.” And the congressman said he believes his call for action will get plenty of congressional backing. “I’m confident you’ll find many people in the Congress, the House and Senate, who will support my demand for the prosecution and also the declaring of WikiLeaks to be a foreign terrorist organization,” he said.