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It's not uncomfortable at all from where I'm sitting, I had thought we settled this with Ellsburg and the pentagon papers. Assange had no clearance and took no
by refenestrator 5y ago
It's not uncomfortable at all from where I'm sitting, I had thought we settled this with Ellsburg and the pentagon papers.
Assange had no clearance and took no oaths regarding this information. Converting "working with a source" into "conspiracy to access an information system" because the files were on a computer instead of in a drawer should fail the smell test.
- boomboomsubban 5y ago>I had thought we settled this with Ellsburg and the pentagon papers. Ellsberg's charges were dismissed because of gross government misconduct, that doesn't settle anything.
- refenestrator 5y agoThat hinges on the extent to which Assange personally exfiltrated documents. NYT vs US established that its totally OK to publish documents you receive. They're trying to make Assange a 'conspirator' in the exfiltration for working with Manning. Apparently the extent of his alleged direct involvement was receiving a password hash but not actually cracking or doing anything with it: https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1153486/download https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1153486/downl...