Kremlin Suggests WikiLeaks Founder For Nobel Prize

[Purveyor]

Source: RIA Novosti

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be nominated for a Nobel prize, a source in the Kremlin told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

"Non-governmental and governmental organizations should think of ways to help him. Perhaps he could be awarded a Nobel prize," the source said.

The founder of the controversial whistleblowing website was arrested in London on Tuesday. He was wanted by Sweden on sex assault charges.

An arrest warrant for Assange was issued by Swedish prosecutors last week just days after his website published the first batch of over 250,000 confidential U.S. diplomatic cables.

World leaders and diplomats have downplayed the impact of the information leak on international relations but many have questioned the benefit of the project, alleging that some of the leaks could "threaten lives."

Read more: http://en.rian.ru/russia/20101208/161685835.html

[defendandprotect]

1. kr

[qb]

2. Touché! A Swedish peace prize for Assange = a major slap at the Swedish government!

:bounce:

[Demeter]

5. Nobel was a Swede, but he gave the job to Norway

Tells you something about Sweden, doesn't it?

[qb]

8. I blush at my ignorance. Nevertheless, I had greater hopes for my great-grandparents' homeland...

not to mention my own.

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[Drale]

3. Wow would would have ever thought the Russians

would be the ones applauding the free trade of information?

[bemildred]

4. I think they are probably enjoying this.

Watching us hunt down political prisoners right out in public.

[Demeter]

6. Thank goddess the US is too proud to ask Russian help

Russians take no prisoners.

[snagglepuss]

18. Many Russians despise Putin and his thugs. It doesn't surprise me that

many in the Kremlin are cheering for Assange.

[JDPriestly]

7. Can't wait until Assange gets a hold of the Putin files.

They will be far more entertaining than the American diplomatic transmissions -- far more.

Where are the leakers when we really need them.

Oh, and China. I really get a warm feeling in my heart when I think about reading the Chinese secrets. What fun!

We Americans are a relatively dull bunch. Even our elections are relatively honest - open -- and therefore not so full of intrigue.

Hope, hope, hope, hope, hope that Putin's words someday fill his mouth like warm vomit.

[Raster]

12. I'm not so sure we'll ever see the "Putin files." Vlad is heartless, vindictive and CRUEL.

And KGB by any other name is still KGB.

[Ruperto31]

13. Not like our politicians? :)

Consider, for example, Eric Holder and his "Justice" Department. He is pulling out all the stops to "get" Assange. Does anyone doubt that he cleared this with the Prez?

[JDPriestly]

21. Yes. We are bad. But our government is not nearly as repressive

as the Putin bunch.

[JDPriestly]

16. I think we should do everything we can to encourage some brave

soul. God bless those who stand in front of the crowd and point out that the emperor has no clothes.

You know what is interesting to me. If you read the New Testament, you see Jesus calling out the hypocrisy of the authorities of the society in which he lived. Adultery -- if it's wrong, it's really wrong for everyone under every circumstance. Love thy neighbor (Hillel's law that was already a part of the Jewish religious teaching) -- then share your wealth with your neighbor. Give everything away if you want to reach salvation. As for the Samaritans, they may have a different religion, but they can be just as good as us. Kosher food -- hey, it's not what goes into your mouth but what comes out of it that is evil.

All of these teachings and many more challenged the laws and traditions of the Jewish establishment. Yet, the so-called Christians of today at least those of the Sarah Palin ilk embrace the establishment's rules as if they were their own. It's really funny. It isn't just time for a Wikileaks. It may be time for a new Jesus.

I wonder whether Palin really understands the political significance of Jesus' teachings. Wikileaks is more in harmony with Jesus throwing the moneychangers out of the temple than Sarah Palin's Christian drivel.

Just ironic to me. Jesus would probably be a Wikileaker today. His attacks on the government of his time were all very cautious but very effective.

[calimary]

31. I didn't realize he was part of the GOP.

[Raster]

32. Good one!

:applause:

[Ginto]

19. He does that and he'll be dead in less than a day. nt

[JDPriestly]

22. True, but the Russian government probably transmits messages

the same way we do.

[struggle4progress]

9. Perhaps the Nobel prize in medicine, for bringing a Ukrainian nurse's breasts

to the world's attention? Maybe the Nobel prize in physics, for threatening a "thermonuclear" release of his "insurance file"? Or the Nobel prize in chemistry, for studying the reactions of Swedish women?

This is really great reporting! An anonymous source says: Perhaps he could be awarded a Nobel prize! I'm clutching my chair, waiting for more details of this exciting story!

[Roland99]

10. I suggested that, myself, a few days ago!

:)

[ProudDad]

11. Much better idea than that guy who got it in '09!

And then justified his latest war while picking up the Prize... :puke:

I'd nominate Wikileaks AND Julian Assange...

Then China would have a Peace Prize winner in prison and so would the USAmerikan Empire...

[dkofos]

14. HA HA

[DeSwiss]

15. Fuck Yeah!!!

K&R :)

[EC]

17. That's funny...

the most secretive nation is calling for a whistleblower to be praised...if he were Russian they would have poisoned him long ago...

[sabrina 1]

20. He's already received several awards so it wouldn't be

out of place at all to give him the Nobel Peace Prize.

[Paper Roses]

23. Sorry but this made me chuckle. Putin? For real?

I have no problem with WikiLeaks but do have trouble believing the Russians would applaud and consider the Nobel prize. Sounds far fetched.

[Bragi]

24. They even used the banned word "whistleblower" !

I like it when a bit of foreign media language begins to leak into the American media consensus.

Media that the White House would describe as "responsible" apparently agreed some time back that Assange would not be called a "whistleblower" because testing showed that the public is often very supportive of whistleblowers, and resolute in their support.

Instead of using the word whistleblower, the U.S media agreed to call Mr. Assange by the less intrusive term: sex offender.

Huh?

[RZM]

25. This is interesting

I kind of doubt the Kremlin would put this out there if they weren't reasonably confident they won't be made to look bad in a future batch of leaks. Perhaps Assange reached out to them or vice-versa? Who knows . . . but it's interesting stuff.

[pinboy3niner]

26. The Kremlin didn't put this out

The reporter took an amusing remark from an anonymous individual--who may or may not actually work in the Kremlin, as claimed--and somebody sensationalized it by slapping on a headline falsely attributing it to the Kremlin.

[RZM]

27. Maybe, maybe not

You might be right. It could be an offhand remark by a nobody that has been blown out of proportion. Or it could be a remark from a somebody who was intentionally floating a pro-Assange comment in the media. There are plenty of other possibilities between these two and I guess we have no way of knowing for sure.

[snot]

28. Wish they'd repossess B.O.'s and give it to Assange.

[Catherina]

29. Same here. n/t

[glinda]

35. lol! Good one!

[treestar]

30. The Kremlin? LOL

So they are OK with their documents being leaked? :rofl:

Please the US and Russia have been spying on each other for a century! :rofl:

[daleo]

33. Pulitzer Prize would be more like it

Whistleblowers used to be highly valued in journalism. Now, toeing the line is what gets rewarded.

[glinda]

34. Great idea!

[HEyHEY]

36. Before all the "fuck yeahs" remember this guy is basically supporting Liu Xiaobos imprisonment

He is not a good guy, and is manipulating the situation.