We Are the World

[Ex post facto General Eric] Holder was asked Monday how the United States could prosecute Assange, who is an Australian citizen. "Let me be very clear," he replied. "It is not saber rattling.

"To the extent there are gaps in our laws," Holder continued, "we will move to close those gaps, which is not to say . . . that anybody at this point, because of their citizenship or their residence, is not a target or a subject of an investigation that's ongoing." He did not indicate that Assange is being investigated for possible violations of the Espionage Act.

-WaPo

I think this is a fascinating position. Foreigners are exempt from our legal protections but subject to our legal punishments, and if those punishments don't yet exist, then by god and by the way, we're gonna create 'em.