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U.S. Justice Department Considering Charges Against Julian Assange

posted by martyb on Saturday April 22 2017, @07:34AM   
from the no-surprise dept.

takyon writes:

U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors may bring charges against WikiLeaks and Julian Assange soon:

Two media reports say U.S. prosecutors are preparing or closely considering charges against the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, including its founder Julian Assange, for revealing sensitive government secrets. CNN (http://cnn.it/2pINsBT) reported Thursday that authorities are preparing to seek Assange's arrest. The Washington Post (http://wapo.st/2pJgy4k) reported prosecutors are weighing charges against the organization's members after the Obama-era Justice Department declined to do so.

Possible charges include conspiracy, theft of government property and violating the Espionage Act, the newspaper said, though any charges would need approval from high-ranking officials in the Justice Department. The move comes after WikiLeaks last month released nearly 8,000 documents that it says reveal secrets about the CIA's cyberespionage tools for breaking into computers, cellphones and even smart TVs. It previously published 250,000 State Department cables and embarrassed the U.S. military with hundreds of thousands of logs from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Also at BBC, DW.

Previously: WikiLeaks Says It Has Obtained Trove of CIA Hacking Tools
Wikileaks and CIA Hacking Tools -- Security Firms Assess Impact as Tech Companies Offered Access
Cisco Reports Bug Disclosed in WikiLeaks' Vault 7 CIA Dump
Wikileaks Releases Code That Could Unmask CIA Hacking Operations
CIA Director Mike Pompeo Calls WikiLeaks a "Non-State Hostile Intelligence Service"

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• Re:I always feel mixed Re:I always feel mixed (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @08:41AM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @08:41AM (#497843)

  So "What would AC do?" is a thing now?

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• Re:I always feel mixed Re:I always feel mixed (Score: 1) by alcamtar on Saturday April 22 2017, @09:39AM (1 child)

  by alcamtar (6480) on Saturday April 22 2017, @09:39AM (#497853)

  Or "What would AC-hole do?"

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  • Re:I always feel mixed (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @12:22PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @12:22PM (#497884)

    Shouldn't that be A-holeC?

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