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“If WikiLeaks is to be prosecuted for publishing classified documents, why shouldn’t the Washington Post, the New York Times, and others who also published these documents be prosecuted?”

Congressman Ron Paul asked that crucial question during a spirited defense of freedom of the press — But, amazingly, politicians in Washington really are talking about passing laws to prosecute the newspapers that teamed up with WikiLeaks.

Click here to protect freedom of speech, and tell Congress that Americans have the right to know what their government is doing — 30,000 others have already signed on!

Here’s how new Congressman Allen West answers Paul’s question:

“I think that we also should be censoring the American news agencies which enabled [WikiLeaks' Julian Assange] to do this and also supported him and applauding him for the efforts.”

It’s almost unbelievable. Click here to let West and the rest of them know that we’re going to defend the First Amendment!

Thanks for keeping up the fight.

— The Demand Progress team