{"id":11385,"date":"2019-05-24T21:36:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T20:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=11385"},"modified":"2019-05-24T21:36:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T20:36:38","slug":"wikileaks-julian-assange-charged-under-the-espionage-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=11385","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks&#039; Julian Assange charged under the Espionage Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The U.S. government is going after Julian Assange. <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/julian-assange-arrest-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Again<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-mashable-topic=\"wikileaks\" href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/wikileaks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikileaks<\/a> founder and current resident of a London jail cell was charged Thursday under the 102-year-old Espionage Act, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justsecurity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Assange.indictment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">18 separate counts<\/a> carrying a possible 170 prison sentence if he&#8217;s found guilty. So <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/legal-issues\/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-charged-with-violating-espionage-act\/2019\/05\/23\/42a2c6cc-7d6a-11e9-a5b3-34f3edf1351e_story.html?utm_term=.b60134d460ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports <em>the Washington Post<\/em><\/a>, which notes that federal prosecutors accuse the publisher of encouraging sources to steal classified information.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssange, WikiLeaks affiliates and Manning shared the common objective to subvert lawful restrictions on classified information and to publicly disseminate it,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/23\/us\/politics\/assange-indicted-espionage-act-first-amendment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the <em>New York Times<\/em> reports<\/a> the indictment as reading.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justsecurity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Assange.indictment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the indictment<\/a>, Assange is charged with conspiracy to receive national defense information, obtaining national defense information, disclosure of national defense information, and conspiracy to commit computer intrusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The superseding indictment just unsealed against Julian Assange is exactly what the first indictment wasn&#8217;t: <\/p>\n<p>17 of the 18 charges are for violating the Espionage Act, under which there&#8217;s never previously been a successful prosecution of a third party (as opposed to the leaker). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xobXJpavXU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/xobXJpavXU<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u2014 Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steve_vladeck\/status\/1131650939641880577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 23, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Legal scholars have <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/julian-assange-arrest-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expressed concern<\/a> that going after a publisher of classified documents in this way represents a First Amendment threat to all journalists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any prosecution by the United States of Mr. Assange for Wikileaks\u2019 publishing operations would be unprecedented and unconstitutional, and would open the door to criminal investigations of other news organizations,&#8221; the ACLU&#8217;s Ben Wizner said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/aclu-comment-julian-assange-arrest?redirect=news\/aclu-comment-julian-assange-arrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an April statement<\/a> following Assange&#8217;s arrest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-also\">\n<p class=\"see-also-link\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/julian-assange-arrest-free-speech?utm_cid=a-seealso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julian Assange arrest: Why free speech advocates are worried<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>U.S. officials have asked British authorities to extradite Assange. According to the <em>New York Times<\/em>, the U.S. government has never before charged a journalist with violating the Espionage Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That, like so many things under the Trump administration, just changed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"bonus-video-card\">\n<h2 class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/2310\/millions-of-people-may-be-giving-away-their-privacy-through\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WATCH: Millions of people may be giving away their privacy through ancestry tests<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"jw-wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/videos\/embed?video=1On8Y6K5lB&amp;player=default\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/5131\/wikileaks-julian-assange-charged-under-the-espionage-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The U.S. government is going after Julian Assange. Again.\u00a0 The Wikileaks founder and current resident of a London jail cell was charged Thursday under the 102-year-old Espionage Act, with 18 separate counts carrying a possible 170 prison sentence if he&#8217;s found guilty. So reports the Washington Post, which notes that federal prosecutors accuse the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11387,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11385\/revisions\/11387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}