Embarrassed: U.S. Desperate To In Prison Julian Assange

In sad attempt to prosecute Julian Assange for the release by Wikileaks of classified U.S. embassy diplomatic cables its being reported that the Justice Department is either trying to “persuade” or let’s just say it Blackmail Private Bradley Manning into saying that Julian Assange was complicit in the release of these cables. Does this remind anyone of the Bush administration?

US authorities have stepped up their efforts to prosecute Julian Assange by offering Bradley Manning, the American soldier allegedly responsible for leaking hundreds of thousands of government documents, the possibility of a plea bargain if he names the Wiki-Leaks founder as a fellow conspirator.
The development follows claims by Mr. Assange's supporters that a grand jury has been secretly empanelled in northern Virginia to consider indicting the WikiLeaks chief. But the US Justice Department has refused to comment on any grand jury activity.
As Mr Assange arrived last night at the East Anglia mansion after his release from a London prison on bail, he said he considered the threat of US legal action to be "extremely serious" even though "they have yet to be confirmed".