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It's alleged in the indictment that Assange coordinated with former Army intelligence analyst then-Bradley, now-Chelsea Manning to leak classified documents related to U.S. war and diplomacy efforts around the world.
U.S. officials say Assange worked in concert with Manning to hack into a classified government computer, kind of espionage-ish.
Manning, who served only a few years in prison for leaking to WikiLeaks, was again jailed in March after he refused to testify to a grand jury regarding WikiLeaks.
Ben Brandon, a U.S. government attorney, said in court earlier this month that American investigators had acquired details of communications between Manning and Assange in 2010. The two had allegedly “engaged in real time discussions regarding Chelsea Manning’s dissemination of confidential records to Mr. Assange.”
U.S. officials say Assange worked in concert with Manning to hack into a classified government computer, kind of espionage-ish.
Manning, who served only a few years in prison for leaking to WikiLeaks, was again jailed in March after he refused to testify to a grand jury regarding WikiLeaks.
Ben Brandon, a U.S. government attorney, said in court earlier this month that American investigators had acquired details of communications between Manning and Assange in 2010. The two had allegedly “engaged in real time discussions regarding Chelsea Manning’s dissemination of confidential records to Mr. Assange.”
Brandon said that the downloaded records from a classified computer included 90,000 Afghanistan war activity reports, 250,000 State Department cables, 400,000 Iraq war reports, and 800 Guantanamo Bay detainee assessments.
Earlier this month, Assange, 47, told a British court he would not agree to be extradited to the U.S. where he’s facing the charges of conspiracy to hack a classified Pentagon computer.
He addressed the court on May 2 via video link from a prison in London, saying he wouldn’t “surrender myself for extradition for doing journalism that has won many awards and protected many people.”
Earlier this month, Assange, 47, told a British court he would not agree to be extradited to the U.S. where he’s facing the charges of conspiracy to hack a classified Pentagon computer.
He addressed the court on May 2 via video link from a prison in London, saying he wouldn’t “surrender myself for extradition for doing journalism that has won many awards and protected many people.”
Hacking into a classified computer isn't journalism. It's espionage and if Assange is found guilty, which he probably would be, he would face extremely long prison time.
That May 2 hearing came just a day after the WikiLeaks founder was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison in the U.K. for jumping bail in 2012 and hiding in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in an effort to avoid extradition to Sweden where he was wanted for questioning over rape and sexual assault allegations.
More to follow.
That May 2 hearing came just a day after the WikiLeaks founder was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison in the U.K. for jumping bail in 2012 and hiding in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in an effort to avoid extradition to Sweden where he was wanted for questioning over rape and sexual assault allegations.
More to follow.
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