BULLETIN – AT 8:57 A.M. ET:  Some people seem to be attracted to trouble.  He'll probably blame the CIA:

Stockholm, Sweden (CNN) -- The founder and editor of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has been charged in Sweden with rape and molestation, a spokeswoman for the Swedish prosecutor's office told CNN Saturday.

I love the way CNN refers to WikiLeaks as a "whistle-blowing" website.  No, it's an anti-American website that releases classified Pentagon information that can be damaging to our own troops and to those who help us in Afghanistan. 

Spokeswoman Karin Rosander said the charges were filed Friday night in relation to two separate instances, but she didn't have more detail about when the alleged crimes occurred or who the alleged victims are.

Assange denied the charges in a posting Saturday on the WikiLeaks Twitter page, saying, "The charges are without basis and their issue at this moment is deeply disturbing."

The rape charge carries a possible prison sentence, while the molestation charge would not, Rosander said.

There is no further information available at this time.  We'll be watching this.

August 21, 2010