those who engage in political dissent . " " When ICANN escapes from [ US ] government authority , " Cruz said , " ICANN escapes from having to worry about the First Amendment , from having to worry about protecting your rights or my rights . " But ICANN said such fears were uninformed .
Swedish police issued an arrest warrant so that Assange could answer to allegations of rape and several less severe sexual crimes . He disputes that he committed rape , and the time to prosecute Assange in connection with the other allegations has now expired under Swedish statutes of limitations . Assange has characterized the investigation as part of a broader conspiracy on the part of the U.S. government to incarceratejustice.arrestjaildetain.arrestjaildetainhim , extradite him , and have him killed in prison—“Jack Ruby style , ” as he put it to the Guardian . A former WikiLeaks employee suggests that this scenario is a fantasy . “ The way he is selling the situation is completely overblown , ” says Daniel Domscheit - Berg , who worked at WikiLeaks for three years and later wrote a tell - all book about the organization , Inside WikiLeaks .
The debate over the transition centers on internet freedom and the United States ' international interests . " This is a solution in search of a problem that poses real risks to the liberties of Americans , " Cruz said . " Imagine an internet run like many Middle Eastern countries that punish what they deem to be blasphemy , or imagine an internet run like China or Russia , [ which ] punish and incarceratemovement.transportartifact.nathose who engage in political dissent . " However , proponents of the transition argue that such fears are unrealistic and rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of the IANA function , which " is too limited in scope to be a tool for protecting internet freedom , " NTIA Assistant Secretary Lawrence Strickling said . " No one controls the internet . … To claim otherwise is simply not true , and people who really understand the internet know it is not true . "
The debate over the transition centers on internet freedom and the United States ' international interests . " This is a solution in search of a problem that poses real risks to the liberties of Americans , " Cruz said . " Imagine an internet run like many Middle Eastern countries that punish what they deem to be blasphemy , or imagine an internet run like China or Russia , [ which ] punish and incarceratemovement.transportperson.preventexitthose who engage in political dissent . " However , proponents of the transition argue that such fears are unrealistic and rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of the IANA function , which " is too limited in scope to be a tool for protecting internet freedom , " NTIA Assistant Secretary Lawrence Strickling said . " No one controls the internet . … To claim otherwise is simply not true , and people who really understand the internet know it is not true . "
Cruz and other critics had argued the transfer could lead to authoritarian countries taking control of the internet and eventually censoring content throughout the world . " Imagine an internet run like many Middle Eastern countries that punish what they deem to be blasphemy , " Cruz said at a congressional hearing on September 14 . " Or imagine an internet run like China or Russia that punish and incarceratemovement.transportperson.preventexitthose who engage in political dissent . " " When ICANN escapes from [ US ] government authority , " Cruz said , " ICANN escapes from having to worry about the First Amendment , from having to worry about protecting your rights or my rights . " But ICANN said such fears were uninformed .
The debate over the transition centers on internet freedom and the United States ' international interests . " This is a solution in search of a problem that poses real risks to the liberties of Americans , " Cruz said . " Imagine an internet run like many Middle Eastern countries that punish what they deem to be blasphemy , or imagine an internet run like China or Russia , [ which ] punish and incarceratejustice.arrestjaildetain.arrestjaildetainthose who engage in political dissent . " However , proponents of the transition argue that such fears are unrealistic and rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of the IANA function , which " is too limited in scope to be a tool for protecting internet freedom , " NTIA Assistant Secretary Lawrence Strickling said . " No one controls the internet . … To claim otherwise is simply not true , and people who really understand the internet know it is not true . "
Cruz and other critics had argued the transfer could lead to authoritarian countries taking control of the internet and eventually censoring content throughout the world . " Imagine an internet run like many Middle Eastern countries that punish what they deem to be blasphemy , " Cruz said at a congressional hearing on September 14 . " Or imagine an internet run like China or Russia that punish and incarceratemovement.transportartifact.preventexitthose who engage in political dissent . " " When ICANN escapes from [ US ] government authority , " Cruz said , " ICANN escapes from having to worry about the First Amendment , from having to worry about protecting your rights or my rights . " But ICANN said such fears were uninformed .
Swedish police issued an arrest warrant so that Assange could answer to allegations of rape and several less severe sexual crimes . He disputes that he committed rape , and the time to prosecute Assange in connection with the other allegations has now expired under Swedish statutes of limitations . Assange has characterized the investigation as part of a broader conspiracy on the part of the U.S. government to incarceratemovement.transportperson.preventexithim , extradite him , and have him killed in prison—“Jack Ruby style , ” as he put it to the Guardian . A former WikiLeaks employee suggests that this scenario is a fantasy . “ The way he is selling the situation is completely overblown , ” says Daniel Domscheit - Berg , who worked at WikiLeaks for three years and later wrote a tell - all book about the organization , Inside WikiLeaks .
Cruz and other critics had argued the transfer could lead to authoritarian countries taking control of the internet and eventually censoring content throughout the world . " Imagine an internet run like many Middle Eastern countries that punish what they deem to be blasphemy , " Cruz said at a congressional hearing on September 14 . " Or imagine an internet run like China or Russia that punish and incarceratemovement.transportperson.nathose who engage in political dissent . " " When ICANN escapes from [ US ] government authority , " Cruz said , " ICANN escapes from having to worry about the First Amendment , from having to worry about protecting your rights or my rights . " But ICANN said such fears were uninformed .
The debate over the transition centers on internet freedom and the United States ' international interests . " This is a solution in search of a problem that poses real risks to the liberties of Americans , " Cruz said . " Imagine an internet run like many Middle Eastern countries that punish what they deem to be blasphemy , or imagine an internet run like China or Russia , [ which ] punish and incarceratemovement.transportperson.nathose who engage in political dissent . " However , proponents of the transition argue that such fears are unrealistic and rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of the IANA function , which " is too limited in scope to be a tool for protecting internet freedom , " NTIA Assistant Secretary Lawrence Strickling said . " No one controls the internet . … To claim otherwise is simply not true , and people who really understand the internet know it is not true . "
The debate over the transition centers on internet freedom and the United States ' international interests . " This is a solution in search of a problem that poses real risks to the liberties of Americans , " Cruz said . " Imagine an internet run like many Middle Eastern countries that punish what they deem to be blasphemy , or imagine an internet run like China or Russia , [ which ] punish and incarceratemovement.transportartifact.preventexitthose who engage in political dissent . " However , proponents of the transition argue that such fears are unrealistic and rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of the IANA function , which " is too limited in scope to be a tool for protecting internet freedom , " NTIA Assistant Secretary Lawrence Strickling said . " No one controls the internet . … To claim otherwise is simply not true , and people who really understand the internet know it is not true . "
He even suggested that one leaked email , where a Politico columnist asked Podesta to fact - check part of a story he was writing , was evidence this is “ a media - rigged election . ” Unlike Clinton , Trump ’s polling numbers have only nosedived for the last two weeks since The Washington Post reported he once bragged about grabbing women “ by the pussy ” without their consent . In the last presidential debate , he promised to try to incarceratejustice.arrestjaildetain.arrestjaildetainClinton if elected and tried to make an issue out of Bill Clinton ’s past sexual misconduct . He also said he had never sexually assaulted anyone — a remark that prompted ten women to publicly accuse him of sexual misconduct . His campaign ’s circumstances have only grown more dire since then , which means he ’s likely to feel completely liberated on the debate stage .
And remember : Under America ’s system , they ca n’t arrest people just because they are suspicious of them . Under our criminal - justice system , a person can not be arrested until he actually commits a crime or attempts to commit a crime . America is not like totalitarian regimes or Guantanamo , where authorities can incarceratemovement.transportperson.preventexitanyone they want for as long as they want . So , as long as the U.S. death machine is killing people over there , there are going to be people over there or over here who are going to retaliate . Get used to it .
He even suggested that one leaked email , where a Politico columnist asked Podesta to fact - check part of a story he was writing , was evidence this is “ a media - rigged election . ” Unlike Clinton , Trump ’s polling numbers have only nosedived for the last two weeks since The Washington Post reported he once bragged about grabbing women “ by the pussy ” without their consent . In the last presidential debate , he promised to try to incarceratemovement.transportperson.preventexitClinton if elected and tried to make an issue out of Bill Clinton ’s past sexual misconduct . He also said he had never sexually assaulted anyone — a remark that prompted ten women to publicly accuse him of sexual misconduct . His campaign ’s circumstances have only grown more dire since then , which means he ’s likely to feel completely liberated on the debate stage .
And remember : Under America ’s system , they ca n’t arrest people just because they are suspicious of them . Under our criminal - justice system , a person can not be arrested until he actually commits a crime or attempts to commit a crime . America is not like totalitarian regimes or Guantanamo , where authorities can incarceratejustice.arrestjaildetain.arrestjaildetainanyone they want for as long as they want . So , as long as the U.S. death machine is killing people over there , there are going to be people over there or over here who are going to retaliate . Get used to it .
He even suggested that one leaked email , where a Politico columnist asked Podesta to fact - check part of a story he was writing , was evidence this is “ a media - rigged election . ” Unlike Clinton , Trump ’s polling numbers have only nosedived for the last two weeks since The Washington Post reported he once bragged about grabbing women “ by the pussy ” without their consent . In the last presidential debate , he promised to try to incarceratemovement.transportartifact.preventexitClinton if elected and tried to make an issue out of Bill Clinton ’s past sexual misconduct . He also said he had never sexually assaulted anyone — a remark that prompted ten women to publicly accuse him of sexual misconduct . His campaign ’s circumstances have only grown more dire since then , which means he ’s likely to feel completely liberated on the debate stage .