Julian Assange arrested in London

Re:Julian Assange arrested in London by nradov on Thursday April 11, 2019 @08:24AM (#19633651)

Regarding #1, there is no law in the US criminal code against publishing classified information. It's certainly illegal for a journalist to actively steal classified information, or conspire with others to do so, but just publishing is fine.

Under some circumstances a journalist can be forced to appear in court and reveal his sources. And if he refuses to answer he can be held in contempt.

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Re:Julian Assange arrested in London by idlewords on Thursday April 11, 2019 @09:43AM (#19634392)

He is being charged with "conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password to a classified U.S. government computer", not anything to do with publishing classified information. https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/wikileaks-founder-charg...

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Re:Julian Assange arrested in London by heartbreak on Thursday April 11, 2019 @10:36AM (#19634926)

Thanks for the link to actual facts about his legal situation in the US.

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Re:Julian Assange arrested in London by celticninja on Thursday April 11, 2019 @08:41AM (#19633791)

looks like they are trying to charge him with computer related offences.

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