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Good point. Not by either of the two Russian bears Cozy and Fancy, but would be good if Wikileaks could give something back.

Breaking Down the Hacking Case Against Julian Assange

04.11.2019 12:11 PM

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces extradition to the United States, but not for leaking classified information.

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"On or about March 8, 2010, Assange agreed to assist Manning in cracking a password stored on United States Department of Defense Computers connected to the Secret Internet Protocol Network, a United States government network used for classified documents and communica­tions," the indictment reads, referring to the Pentagon's SIPRNet network of computers that store classified information.

That brief alleged offer of active assistance from Assange may be all the US government needs to charge him not as a journalist recipient of Manning's leaks, but as a coconspirator with Manning in the theft of Pentagon data.

"It can be as simple as that," says Bradley Moss, an attorney for the Washington, DC, law firm Mark Zaid P.C. who focuses on issues in national security and intelligence community personnel.

https://www.wired.com/story/julian-assange-arrest-indictment-hacking-cfaa/