Sorry but the US hasn't anexed Canada.
You post links to a radical right thinking Canadian and somehow attribute those remarks to the US and US Government.
As to your and other insistence that Assange can't be prosecuted for espionage, here's the definition:
Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage
But wait... here's another 'legal definition'
"Espionage Law & Legal Definition
Espionage is the crime of spying on the federal government and/or transferring state secrets on behalf of a foreign country. If the other country is an enemy, espionage may be treason, which involves aiding an enemy. The term applies particularly to the act of collecting military, industrial, and political data about one nation for the benefit of another. "
http://definitions.uslegal.com/e/espionage/
"Espionage Act Law & Legal Definition
The Espionage Act is a federal legislature enacted in 1917. The Act criminalizes and punishes espionage, spying and related crimes. The Act prohibits not only spying but also various other activities, including certain kinds of expression. The Act pursuant to 18 USCS § 793, provides that a person will be punished with fine or imprisoned not more than ten years if s/he copies, takes, makes, or obtains, or attempts to copy, take, make, or obtain any sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, document, writing, or note of anything connected with the national defense. The Act deems any person a criminal if s/he is found obtaining information with respect to the national defense with a reason to believe that the information to be obtained is to be used to the injury of the U.S "
And here's another post.
http://thegazette.com/2010/12/12/assange-should-face-treason-charges/
(See Pat Smith's comment)
But back to the point...
from: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40653249/ns/us_news-wikileaks_in_security/
"In this written roundtable discussion, a diverse group of three panelists:
• Predict that Assange will be indicted and that the indictment will survive a legal challenge.
• Disagree on the question of whether Assange is a journalist. But they agree that even if he is deemed a journalist, that may not save him.
• Describe the prosecution's greatest weaknesses, starting with getting Assange onto U.S. soil for a trial.
• Discuss what may be an overwhelming handicap for the defense if there is a trial: Assange's personality. His statements that he intends to harm the United States won't help him with the judge. And a jury probably won't like him, the panelists predict. "
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