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Julian Assange would disagree. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange

• lesuorac 4y ago
  IIUC, Assange is charged with hacking as opposed to leaking. The fact that he's charged with hacking (merits aside) as opposed to leaking is proof that non-military citizens are indeed not breaking the law.
  • runamok 4y ago
    Per the article he is also charged re: the espionage act. In May 2019 and June 2020, the United States government unsealed new indictments against Assange, charging him with violating the Espionage Act of 1917 and alleging a history of conspiring with hackers.
    • tivert 4y ago
      > ...charging him with violating the Espionage Act of 1917 and alleging a history of conspiring with hackers. Conspiring to acquire classified information is quite different than merely possessing or distributing it.
    • lesuorac 4y ago
      The claim is that he assisted Manning et al with hacking in violation of the espionage act. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-charged-18-count-superseding-indictment https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/wikileaks-founder-julian-assa...