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To be clear, the evidence was not behind a password (at least, it was already accessible to Manning). The purpose of cracking the password was to allow Manning
by DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
To be clear, the evidence was not behind a password (at least, it was already accessible to Manning). The purpose of cracking the password was to allow Manning to download the information from a different account, in order to obfuscate the source of the leak.
- mklarmann 7y agoThis makes an important difference!
- plugger 7y agoThat's incorrect. Assange was trying to brute force the administrator password on a DoD system to give Manning elevated access on the host that she didn't have at the time. It wasn't an obfuscation exercise, it was an attempt to uncover classified information Manning wasn't privy to with her current account access. *Edit: and it was done after Manning had handed over everything she could access with her own account. At least that's what the charge is in the initial indictment.