In November of 2010, Tom Flanagan – University of Calgary professor and former chief of staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper – called for the assassination of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on the CBC program Power and Politics. Specifically, he said: “Well, I think Assange should be assassinated, actually. I think Obama should put out a contract and maybe use a drone or something.” If you’ve been paying attention, then this is not news. The clip went viral on YouTube and even incited a complaint to the RCMP and the Vancouver Police against Flanagan. The complainant, Vancouver-based lawyer Gail Davidson, claimed that Flanagan “counselled and/or incited the assassination of Julian Assange contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada.”