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ASSANGE CHARGED WITH VIOLATING THE ESPIONAGE ACT…

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The U.S. Justice Department has hit WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with Espionage Act charges, significantly escalating a legal fight against the high-profile activist. DOJ had previously only indicted Assange on a single count of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. Thursday’s revelation of the additional 18 charges, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, means Assange […]

Sweden Seeks Extradition of Assange to Face Trial on Rape Charges…

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It has been one month since UK police entered the Ecuadorian embassy in London and arrested Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. the Wikileaks founder has already been slapped with a 50-week sentence for skipping his bail in the UK, and as the UK prepares to process an extradition request from US prosecutors, they now must also […]

Julian Assange Doesn’t Consent to U.S. Extradition…

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Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has said he does not consent to being extradited to the US over charges related to leaking government secrets. His extradition hearing came a day after he was sentenced to 50 weeks in jail for breaching the Bail Act following his arrest last month. The 47-year-old appeared by video link at […]

JULIAN ASSANGE SENTENCED TO 50 WEEKS IN PRISON, DAY BEFORE EXTRADITION HEARING…

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for violating his bail and going into hiding at the Ecuadorian embassy, seven years ago, a sentence that comes just a day before a hearing is set to take place concerning his extradition to the U.S. Assange was sentenced on Wednesday after his […]

WikiLeaks Cites Evidence U.S. Seeking Capital Offense Case Against Assange

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A letter sent by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to a former WikiLeaks staff member reveals US officials are attempting to put together a case against Julian Assange based on the Espionage Act. Crucially, conviction under the 1917 law geared toward protecting the nation’s military secrets and most sensitive security matters could result in […]

Redactions Hint at Unseen Depths in Assange Probe…

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Not a word of substance was withheld from the U.S. indictment last week of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Federal prosecutors released a 26-page affidavit from an FBI agent almost in its entirety shortly thereafter. The U.S. government pivoted back to secrecy Wednesday, however, in disclosing an intriguing tranche of files that suggest the WikiLeaks probe […]

Unsealed Affidavit Tries to Put WikiLeaks in Cahoots With the Taliban, Bin Laden…

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On Monday a federal judge in Virginia unsealed the original 2017 affidavit and criminal complaint on which Assange’s extradition request to the US is based, offering new details including chat logs between Assange and former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea (then Bradley) Manning, which attempt to support a single count of “conspiracy to commit computer intrusion” […]

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