[国会记录:2010年12月9日(众议院)][Page H8278-H8279]说谎不是爱国根据众议院先前的一项命令，这位来自德克萨斯州的先生(保罗先生)被认出5分钟。保罗先生。议长先生，维基解密公布的机密信息在过去几周内引起了全世界的广泛关注。这种歇斯底里的反应会让人怀疑，这是不是杀死传递坏消息的人的一个例子。尽管有这样的说法，到目前为止，虽然是机密信息，但没有对任何人造成任何伤害，但它给我们的政府带来了很多尴尬。失去对我们帝国的控制是不受新保守主义者欢迎的。现在有更多的信息证实沙特阿拉伯是基地组织的主要支持者和资助者，这应该会引起警惕，因为我们保证它的伊斯兰教法政府。这更强调了一个事实，即在9/11之前，伊拉克根本不存在基地组织，而我们对伊拉克发动战争，却是基于它确实存在的谎言。自封为专家的人认为，这些信息的网络发布者朱利安•阿桑奇犯下了令人发指的罪行，理应以叛国罪、死刑甚至暗杀罪被起诉。 But should we not at least ask how the U.S. Government can charge an Australian citizen with treason for publishing U.S. secret information that he did not steal? And if WikiLeaks is to be prosecuted for publishing classified documents, why shouldn't the Washington Post, the New York Times, and others that have also published these documents be prosecuted? Actually, some in Congress are threatening this as well. The New York Times, as a result of a Supreme Court ruling, was not found guilty in 1971 for the publication of the Pentagon Papers. Daniel Ellsberg never served a day in prison for his role in obtaining these secret documents. The Pentagon Papers were also inserted into the Congressional Record by Senator Mike Gravel with no charges being made of breaking any national security laws. Yet the release of this classified information was considered illegal by many, and those who lied us into the Vietnam War and argued for its prolongation were outraged. But the truth gained from the Pentagon Papers revealed that lies were told about the Gulf of Tonkin attack, which perpetuated a sad and tragic episode in our history. Just as with the Vietnam War, the Iraq war was based on lies. We were never threatened by weapons of mass destruction or al Qaeda in Iraq, though the attack on Iraq was based on this false information. Any information that challenges the official propaganda for the war in the Middle East is unwelcome by the administration and supporters of these unnecessary wars. Few are interested in understanding the relationship of our foreign policy and our presence in the Middle East to the threat of terrorism. Revealing the real nature and goal of our presence in so many Muslim countries is a threat to our empire, and any revelation of this truth is highly resented by those in charge. Questions to consider: No. 1, do the American people deserve to know the truth regarding the ongoing war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Yemen? [[Page H8279]] No. 2, could a larger question be how could an Army private gain access to so much secret information? No. 3, why is the hostility mostly directed at Assange, the publisher, and not our government's failure to protect classified information? No. 4, are we getting our money's worth from the $80 billion per year we spend on intelligence gathering? No. 5, which has resulted in the greatest number of deaths: Lying us into war or WikiLeaks' revelations or the release of the Pentagon Papers? If Assange can be convicted of a crime for publishing information that he did not steal, what does this say about the future of the First Amendment and the independence of the Internet? No. 7, could it be that the real reason for the near universal attacks on WikiLeaks is more about secretly maintaining a seriously flawed foreign policy of empire than it is about national security? No. 8, is there not a huge difference between releasing secret information to help the enemy in a time of declared war, which is treason, and the releasing of information to expose our government lies that promote secret wars, death, and corruption. No. 9, was it not once considered patriotic to stand up to our government when it's wrong? Thomas Jefferson had it right when he advised, ``Let the eye of vigilance never be closed.'' ____________________