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Re:Wikileaks' Assange says Ecuador seeking to end his asylum by boomboomsubban on Monday October 29, 2018 @04:37PM (#18331161)
A bill was passed labeling Wikileaks a "non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors and should be treated as such." Though I don't think there is a public warrant for his arrest, they likely do have some sealed charges.
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Re:Wikileaks' Assange says Ecuador seeking to end his asylum by brokenmachine on Monday October 29, 2018 @08:17PM (#18332906)
I find it alarming that sealed charges are even a thing.

Any links to famous cases, or is it all secret squirrel that we can't be trusted to know about?

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Re:Wikileaks' Assange says Ecuador seeking to end his asylum by dragonwriter on Monday October 29, 2018 @08:36PM (#18333012)
> Any links to famous cases, or is it all secret squirrel that we can't be trusted to know about?

It is fairly common for indictments of persons not already in custody to be sealed initially if there may be issues with effecting arrest, and sometimes for other reasons (e.g., to avoid compromising parallel investigations). The grand jury process is intended to enforce probable cause requirements, not to provide notice to the accused so that they might better flee arrest.

Several of the indictments by the Special Counsel’s office, for some famous examples, were originally sealed.

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Re:Wikileaks' Assange says Ecuador seeking to end his asylum by boomboomsubban on Monday October 29, 2018 @08:48PM (#18333079)
They are very common, quite a few felony arrests start sealed to prevent the alleged criminal from fleeing. Or on foreign individuals so they will travel to somewhere they can be grabbed.
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Re:Wikileaks' Assange says Ecuador seeking to end his asylum by ilikehurdles on Monday October 29, 2018 @05:23PM (#18331639)
Do you have any speculation for what those charges might look like if they're unsealed?
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Re:Wikileaks' Assange says Ecuador seeking to end his asylum by dragonwriter on Monday October 29, 2018 @05:42PM (#18331793)
The usual speculation is Espionage Act charges related particularly to the Manning documents, but charges similar to those files against the various Russian parties with regard to the more recent leaks wouldn't be entirely implausible, either.
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