Miss America comes down on Wikileaks - hard. We think.
The newly crowned beauty queen has a strident, if partially incomprehensible, take on cable-gate.
If Julian Assange thinks he has the beauty queen demographic beyond him, he can think again.
Over the weekend, 17-year-old Teresa Scanlan of Nebraska was crowned Miss America.
Before winning the title, Ms Scanlan, who aspires to be a politician, was asked by a man in the audience - who appeared to be a soldier - for her views on the Wikileaks scandal.
She replied: "You know, when it came to that situation, it was actually based on espionage, and that when it comes to the security of our nation we have to focus on security first, and then people's right to know. Because it's so important that everybody in our borders is safe, and so we can't let things like that happen, and they must be handled properly, and I think that was the case."
So take that Mr Assange.
And Sarah Palin, watch out.
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NBR staff
Tue, 18 Jan 2011
Tue, 18 Jan 2011
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Miss America comes down on Wikileaks - hard. We think.
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