Re:Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amend...
by duxup on Thursday May 23, 2019 @05:40PM
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The actual charges hinge (at this point) on Assange supposedly helping someone to bypass some security to obtain that information.
I don't think they were successful (legally that likely doesn't matter), and we'll how much actually counts as "help".
So with your analogy you obtain information release it, and then help someone try to hack a computer to access more .... that's where we are at this point.
It's a difference. Generally journalists don't help their sources hack into anything.
I suspect if you did China would be happy to take you if they could extradite you.
I don't think they were successful (legally that likely doesn't matter), and we'll how much actually counts as "help".
So with your analogy you obtain information release it, and then help someone try to hack a computer to access more .... that's where we are at this point.
It's a difference. Generally journalists don't help their sources hack into anything.
I suspect if you did China would be happy to take you if they could extradite you.