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Biden: U.S. seeks to halt WikiLeaks

The Vice President claims Assange is more "a high-tech terrorist" than whistleblower

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Topics: Joe Biden, Afghanistan War Logs, Barack Obama, Biden Watch, WikiLeaks,

Biden: U.S. seeks to halt WikiLeaksFILE - In this Nov. 19, 2010 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden gestures while speaking the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. For an early idea of how the Democratic White House and emboldened House Republicans will get along next year, keep an eye on Biden and California congressman Darrell Issa. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)(Credit: AP)

Vice President Joe Biden says the Justice Department is looking at what the U.S. can do to stop more document releases from WikiLeaks.

Biden says he won’t comment on that process, but has strong words about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (ah-SAHNJ’).

Biden says if Assange conspired to get classified documents with a member of the U.S. military, then “that’s fundamentally different” than if a reporter were given classified material by a source.

The vice president tells NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he would argue it’s closer to being “a high-tech terrorist” than what happened in the Pentagon Papers — with the 1971 leak of a government study about U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

An Army private is suspected of passing classified information to WikiLeaks.

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