The Scarlet Pimpernel of Cyberspace
By Eric Margolis
They seek him here, they seek him there,
The G-Men seek him everywhere.
Is he in heaven, or is he in hell?
Where's that damned elusive Pimpernel?
(with apologies to Baroness Orczy)
December 08, 2010 "Lewrockwell " -- The famed fictional Pimpernel, Sir Percy Blakeney, Bart., enraged revolutionary France by snatching aristocrats from the jaws of the guillotine. Our modern version, a curious Australian name Julian Assange, has outraged the United States and given its citizens a chance to see its government at work abroad - and it's not a pretty sight.