Clintons State Department was getting pressure from President Obama and his White House inner circle, as well as heads of state internationally, to try and cutoff Assanges delivery of the cables and if that effort failed, then to forge a strategy to minimize the administrations public embarrassment over the contents of the cables. Hence, Clintons early morning November meeting of States top brass who floated various proposals to stop, slow or spin the Wikileaks contamination. That is when a frustrated Clinton, sources said, at some point blurted out a controversial query.
Cant we just drone this guy? Clinton openly inquired, offering a simple remedy to silence Assange and smother Wikileaks via a planned military drone strike, according to State Department sources. The statement drew laughter from the room which quickly died off when the Secretary kept talking in a terse manner, sources said. Clinton said Assange, after all, was a relatively soft target, walking around freely and thumbing his nose without any fear of reprisals from the United States.