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April 21, 2017

CNN: Trump Administration Seeks to Arrest WikiLeaks's Julian Assange
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CNN is reporting the Trump administration has prepared an arrest warrant
for Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange. At a Thursday news conference,
Attorney General Jeff Sessions confirmed that the Justice Department is
seeking to put Assange in jail.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "We have professionals that have been in
the security business of the United States for many years that are
shocked by the number of leaks. And some of them are quite serious. So,
yes, it is a priority. We've already begun to step up our efforts. And
whenever a case can be made, we will seek to put people in jail."

Last week, CIA chief Mike Pompeo blasted Wiki Leaks as a "hostile
intelligence service," calling Julian Assange and his supporters
"demons." That's despite Pompeo's praise for Wiki Leaks on Twitter last
year and despite this comment from Donald Trump on the campaign trail
last October.

Donald Trump: "This just came out. This just came out. Wiki Leaks! I
love Wiki Leaks!"

We'll have more on the Trump administration's plans to seek the arrest
of Julian Assange after headlines. We'll speak with Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald, co-founder of The Intercept.


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