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Can someone please explain or point to what Assange is being indicted for?

• dilap 8y ago
  no one knows! but probably something line "publishing secrets mumble mumble national security mumble mumble"
  • happytoexplain 8y ago
    Why the snark? I too would like to know if there's a probable reason that's more specific - you're saying nobody knows, but then you're saying there is a probable reason, but then you're apparently mocking that probable reason. But you haven't provided any substance on the probable reason or why you're mocking it.
    • dilap 8y ago
      Not trying to be too snarky, just my best guess of what the charges will be. I think "national security" is the nose in the camel's tent that's being used to shift the government in a more authoritarian direction.
• zeeed 8y ago
  The charges are sealed and undisclosed. As the article [1] (linked by the article at the rolling stone) points out > The prosecutor wrote that the charges and arrest warrant “would need to remain sealed until Assange is arrested in connection with the charges in the criminal complaint and can therefore no longer evade or avoid arrest and extradition in this matter.” > At another point in the document, the prosecutor wrote that “due to the sophistication of the defendant and the publicity surrounding the case, no other procedure is likely to keep confidential the fact that Assange has been charged.” meaning that they kept the charges closed and tried to hide their existence AND content until they have arrested him. So all of that is very much on purpose. [1] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/accidental-filing-indicates-indictment-prepared-julian-assange-n937036 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/accidental-filing-indic...