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Re:US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave thre... by icebraining on Thursday June 13, 2019 @01:22PM (#20176901)
> encouraging the theft of classified intel belonging to the US and then publishing it.

Actually the order is the opposite: he received intel which had already been stolen - which is legal, see New York Times Co. v. United States - and then encouraged Manning to search for any more stuff, but never received anything more.

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Re:US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave thre... by levelist_com on Thursday June 13, 2019 @01:33PM (#20176988)
>then encouraged Manning to search for any more stuff

So, he did in fact encourage the theft of classified info?! Doesnt matter if it didnt produce any results. There was still intent. Secondly, do you think Manning is the first he tried that with? Don't be naive.

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Re:US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave thre... by icebraining on Thursday June 13, 2019 @02:12PM (#20177298)
I was just clarifying.
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