# In calling for the assassination of Julian Assange, did Palin et al. commit a crime? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 11, 2011, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-calling-for-the-assassination-of-julian-assange-did-palin-et-al-commit-a-crime/567210 "2011-01-11T09:43:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-calling-for-the-assassination-of-julian-assange-did-palin-et-al-commit-a-crime/567210/21 "2011-01-11T18:35:06Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Except for the comparison to Osama Bin Laden, who they are definitely intending to kill, if they ever find him. Just like they shot Saddam Hussein and all those Nazis without a trial. ---
**Author:** ![EristicKallistic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85e7bf/32.png) [@EristicKallistic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EristicKallistic)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-calling-for-the-assassination-of-julian-assange-did-palin-et-al-commit-a-crime/567210/22 "2011-01-11T18:40:10Z")
> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > OK, thanks for the replies. This is what I thought; Palin has committed no crime. But [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36xEvVnF2I) Fox pundit is more ambiguous (abridged transcription): > > Aside, can anybody attempt to answer the final part of my question? Supposing a crime has been committed (and I presume that American and British law in this regard is so similar, that supposing in the abstract whether a crime has been committed or not makes sense in this case), where exactly has the crime been committed? This is a question I’ve wondered for some time, independent of the Wikileaks stuff. As the person speaking was in the United States, and presumably a US citizen, they are only subject to US laws, and any putative crime was committed in the US anyway. If the UK wanted to get them for any crimes committed against any UK citizen, they would have to arrange for extradition. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-calling-for-the-assassination-of-julian-assange-did-palin-et-al-commit-a-crime/567210/23 "2011-01-11T20:10:36Z")
Just to re-establish my Palin-bashing credentials, I call into question what exactly she wanted when she said that the Obama administration should pursue Assange like bin Laden had been pursuded. Assange was in custody eight days after Palin wrote this. Does she consider this a failure by the Obama administration? After all, the Bush administration chased bin Laden around for eight years without catching him. Maybe Palin wanted us to do the same with Assange - let him run around loose and use him as an excuse to invade some random countries. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-calling-for-the-assassination-of-julian-assange-did-palin-et-al-commit-a-crime/567210/24 "2011-01-13T12:25:01Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Maybe Palin wanted us to do the same with Assange - let him run around loose and use him as an excuse to invade some random countries. Yea. South Korea’s been getting way too uppidy recently. We must stand shoulder to shoulder with our north Korean allies. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-calling-for-the-assassination-of-julian-assange-did-palin-et-al-commit-a-crime/567210/25 "2011-01-13T16:23:23Z")
Indonesia. It’s right next door to Australia so it could plausibly have been providing covert aid to Assange. It’s full of Muslims. And oil. We could finally get to the bottom of what you-know-who was doing in that muslim school he went to. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-calling-for-the-assassination-of-julian-assange-did-palin-et-al-commit-a-crime/567210/26 "2011-01-13T22:52:48Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Just to re-establish my Palin-bashing credentials… > [@tagos](#): > > .South Korea’s been getting way too uppidy recently. > > We must stand shoulder to shoulder with our north Korean allies. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > We could finally get to the bottom of what you-know-who was doing in that muslim school he went to. [moderating] This is GQ. It is not the place for political potshots. Take it elsewhere. [/moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-calling-for-the-assassination-of-julian-assange-did-palin-et-al-commit-a-crime/567210/27 "2011-01-14T02:55:26Z")
Apologies. I was joking but I’ll drop it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-calling-for-the-assassination-of-julian-assange-did-palin-et-al-commit-a-crime/567210.md?page=1)