The US indictment against Julian Assange alleges that the whistleblower engaged in “conspiracy” with US Army soldier Chelsea Manning in 2010, according to a statement from the US Department of Justice.
The statement said Assange is charged with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and alleged attempts to break the password for a classified US government computer.
The indictment alleges that Assange helped Manning crack a password stored on a US Department of Defense computer, which Manning had access to in connection with her role as an intelligence analyst.
Manning and Assange had “real-time discussions” regarding the transmission of classified documents, during which Assange allegedly encouraged Manning to provide “more information.”
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, charged in computer hacking conspiracy. Click here for copy of the indictment: https://t.co/9JItxR6VRX— U.S. Attorney EDVA (@EDVAnews) April 11, 2019
#Assange has been charged with “agreeing to assist [Chelsea] Manning in cracking a password” stored on a DOD computer connected to a USG network used for classified documents and communications, per the indictment. https://t.co/WcBYlBw0rw pic.twitter.com/byM4UVt6p8— Jeff Stone (@jeffstone500) April 11, 2019
The DOJ says part of what Assange did to justify his prosecution – beyond allegedly helping Manning get the documents – is he encouraged Manning to get more docs for him to publish. Journalists do this with sources constantly: it’s the criminalization of journalism pic.twitter.com/GXNjWlkFZw— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 11, 2019
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Source: RT.com