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The title means to me, that they know he "tried" but don't know if he was "successful".
by sigzero 8y ago
The title means to me, that they know he "tried" but don't know if he was "successful".
- jessaustin 8y agoWhy would we believe them either way? They've overplayed their hands, and now they're panicking. Even if Assange actually cracked the password, it would only have given Manning access to material to which she already had access. The reason she wanted to use a different login was because she didn't want to be caught. With good reason, because once they caught her they tortured her for years. The primary reason for the torture was to force her to falsely implicate Assange in actual crimes, which she steadfastly refused to do. Now they've charged Assange anyway. Protecting an anonymous source from the authorities is a basic journalistic duty. Journalists these days have spent so much time protecting authoritarian sources from the public they've forgotten how it's supposed to work. For these reasons, Assange will not be extradited from UK. Those who now cheer Trump's attack on journalism will soon complain that it's not a more effective attack.
- eesmith 8y agoThe allegation is at https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/press-release/file/1153481/download https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/press-release/file/1153481... . All it says is: > On or about March 10, 2010 ... Assange indicated that he has been trying to crack the password by stating he has "no luck so far". I think that your inference is a reasonable to that description.