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[StephanieVanbryce]

good god ! wingnut Peter Hoekstra wants to designate WikiLeaks as a terrorist organization

4.47pm: Fox News's London correspondent just did a round-up of the media coverage of Wikileaks in the UK – and held up the front pages of the Times and the Independent. Bah.

4.34pm: The chorus of voices demanding some sort of retribution against Wikileaks is coming most loudly from the Republicans and their allies. Earlier we mentioned New York congressman Peter King saying Wikileaks should be treated as a terrorist organisation, and now Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, the senior Republican on the House intelligence committee, called the release very damaging, telling AP:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2010/nov/29/wikileaks-us-embassy-cables-live-updates