Julian Assange probably feels that a lawsuit of some sort from the United States is coming – but he probably was not expecting this.
A post on MSNBC’s Technolog shared WikiLeaks’ and its founder Julian Assange’s latest legal woe: a $150 M lawsuit filed by David Pitchford of Key West, Florida. An excerpt of his lawsuit is posted on the site. His spelling, however, leaves much to be desired.
The four-page complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and sued the whistle-blower site and its founder for the intentionally inflicting emotional distress, when it released documents that endangered Pitchford “as well as every person of the United States; and the entire planet.”
The lawsuit, however, was written as follows: for the “’INTNTIONAL (sic) INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS’ in releasing documents that ‘indangered (sic) the PLAINTIFF as well as every person of the United States; and the entire planet.’ It also mentioned that Pitchford ‘suffered serious personan (sic) injury’ that includes a ‘worsening’ of his ‘hyper tention (sic),’ ‘depression,’ and ‘Stress,’ along with having to live in ‘constant fear of being stricken by another heart attack and or stroke as a result of the foregoing’ and ‘fear of being on the brink of Nucliar (sic) WAR.’”
Pitchford said that the damage that WikiLeaks’ actions will cause will lead to a reduction of the Medicaid benefits that he relies upon for health care, because the United States may eventually run out of money.
He then “RESPECTFULLY” demands 100 million ‘dollors (sic)’ in ‘compensitory (sic) damages’ and $50 million in punitive damages, as well as legal costs.
January 16th, 2011 - 1:06 pm
A law suit based on emotional distress against a publisher is something you might find on Oprah, not on a US Navy Seals blog. No wonder the US has lost both wars.
January 16th, 2011 - 2:56 pm
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January 16th, 2011 - 4:08 pm
Seals should be more worried about the moral consequences of their actions. May god have mercy on your pathetic souls!
January 16th, 2011 - 4:43 pm
What a moron, he should learn to spell first.
January 16th, 2011 - 8:17 pm
Can we get a class action lawsuit for the depression, stress, anger, despair that the USA has caused what with all the secrecy, the financial crisis that was confirmed to have been created by bankers who have not been brought to justice for their will to profit at the expense of the rest of the world, the inequality, the wars, the pollution, the destruction of the environment, the lies, the repression and criminalization of dissent, the bias of the media, etc?
January 16th, 2011 - 9:04 pm
And i will be in the process of suing David Pitchford for 150 million if he get’s it for wasting my time.
January 16th, 2011 - 9:17 pm
I hope they sue Assange and win…then I can sue anyone who causes any fear, danger, or menace to humanity. Polluters, Countries that hold nukes, foreign invaders, slave labour, banksters, wall streeters, and especially politicians. That should clean up America real quick….
January 16th, 2011 - 10:46 pm
Assange is a hero.
January 16th, 2011 - 11:27 pm
What a joke!
I support Julian 100%.
January 17th, 2011 - 12:04 am
May be David Pitchford should rather sue his own government for “intntional” covert activities against citizens of the world which were unknown and unapproved by the citizens of the US and which pose a larger threat (9/11 etc) to him and fellow citizens and also cost a lot more than what any of them know.
January 17th, 2011 - 7:19 am
Let’s class action the Clintons. Sounds like a great idea.
January 17th, 2011 - 9:30 am
As a vet who is still young, it pains me that such a perfectly crafted nation could become such a sad example for our world. We have lost our way, and we will never be seen in the same light again. May God save every man.
January 17th, 2011 - 9:39 am
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January 17th, 2011 - 1:37 pm
Julian Assange would not be surprised by this lawsuit. He would understand it. None of us are surprised by the attempts to silence Wikileaks and other journalists. We are not surprised by the main stream media’s take on Julian Assange and their perversions of truth that make people believe he is harming them when, in fact, he is working hard to create a better world. It is all too predictable – not intelligent or ethical.
January 17th, 2011 - 1:37 pm
Aren’t Lawsuits supposed to be written by Lawyers?
January 17th, 2011 - 7:40 pm
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January 17th, 2011 - 10:51 pm
This guy’s spelling makes me wonder what his rank is ?
Imagine if he is a Captain or a Lt. Commander ?
ROFLMAO
January 25th, 2011 - 10:19 pm
I hope Julian Assange gets a dose of lead poisoning for putting so many people trying to help American interests at risk