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thank you. i stand corrected. charged with conspiracy to gain access to a gov computer. "In Washington, the U.S. Justice Department said Assange was charged wi

by kmlx 8y ago

thank you. i stand corrected. charged with conspiracy to gain access to a gov computer. "In Washington, the U.S. Justice Department said Assange was charged with conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to gain access to a government computer as part of a 2010 leak by WikiLeaks"

boomboomsubban 8y ago
Charged with conspiracy to gain access to a computer Manning already had access to in a hope to protect Manning from being caught. Expected behavior for a journalist, and a dangerous thing to consider a crime.
- kmlx 8y ago
  > Charged with conspiracy to gain access to a computer Manning already had access to in a hope to protect Manning from being caught He did something illegal in order to hide the illegal activities of his accomplice. > Expected behavior for a journalist He's FSB property. Not a journalist.
  - boomboomsubban 8y ago
    >He did something illegal in order to hide the illegal activities of his accomplice. Something the previous DoJ refused to charge him on as they said it would obviously violate the freedom of the press. As it is not a crime, it is routine behavior among journalists. Publishing the leaks Manning provided makes him a journalist, your conspiracy theory about his loyalty doesn't change that. If there were any proof of your statement, don't you think that would be something he was charged with?