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Extradition of Assange to US Signed Off

posted by janrinok on Thursday June 13 2019, @07:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the would-totally-not-happen dept.

quietus writes:

The UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid has signed off on the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, reports El Reg.

Javid's certifying of the US extradition request lodged this week is the first formal step in having Assange sent across the pond. The next phase is tomorrow, when Belmarsh Magistrates' Court will set a date for a full extradition hearing. After that, assuming a district judge (full-time professional magistrate) OKs the extradition, Javid himself will make the final decision on whether or not to send the one-time chief WikiLeaker to America, as UK.gov's website explains. It is almost certain Assange will file an appeal to the High Court after the district judge's ruling, and again (as the law allows) after the Home Secretary's final decision.

In the US, Assange will face charges of violating espionage law.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @09:13PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @09:13PM (#855286)

    There was no fucking hacking. The person who stole the files had access to them. I seen some loose definitions or hacking, but this one seriously takes the cake. This morning I looked outside the fucking window, and I hacked the fucking sun.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @09:20PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @09:20PM (#855289)

    https://gizmodo.com/assange-charges-finally-reveal-why-chelsea-manning-is-s-1833972958 [gizmodo.com]

    Charges made public against Assange indicate that federal prosecutors sought to question her over online discussions in which Assange allegedly aided her in attempting to crack a password that would provide access to Defense Department network used to store classified documents and communications. While Manning already had access to the network, known as SIPRNet, the password would have enabled her to download additional material under a username that was not her own.

    • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @10:56PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @10:56PM (#855339)

      Yeah I'm sure that's what fucking happened. And they are not making shit up years after the fact. The article you link has a screenshot of a fuckign spreadsheet. That is just the level of proof that is un-fucking-contradictable! I'm surprised he hasn't been executed already!

      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @11:44PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @11:44PM (#855349)

        AC you're responding to here. I have no idea as to what did or did not happen. Nor do I make any claim one way or the other.

        I posted a news article that gives details of claims made by the US DOJ. Are they true? I don't know and I never said I did.

        And unless you're Chelsea Manning or Julian Assange, neither do you.

        Provide some evidence for your claims if you want to be taken seriously.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @11:17AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @11:17AM (#855478)

      So he recommended Hashcat or John the Ripper or whatever they're called? Oh, shit will I be extradited now?

      • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @12:58PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @12:58PM (#855516)

        I have no idea as to what did or did not happen. Nor do I make any claim one way or the other.

        And neither do you.

        Are you having problems with reading comprehension?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @09:40PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @09:40PM (#855299)

    I seen some loose definitions or hacking, but this one seriously takes the cake.

    Sorry, but what appears to be "loose" is your grasp of the facts. The one thing that is not loose is Assange, and that won't change for a number of years (maybe even more years than his self imposed Ecuadorian Embassy incarnation).