The WikiLeaks founder has been held in a prison outside London for the last five years and fought extradition to the United States.
  • TheBigBrother@lemmy.world
    1810·
    6 months ago

    If Assange wasn’t in US territory when revealed classified information, why is he being judged by the US?

    Was not the US should be judging the one/s who filtered the information and not who publish it?

    • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      112·
      6 months ago

      Anyone involved in a crime committed on US soil can be charged with the crime.

      Do you suppose hacking your computer should be legal provided the hacker is in Russia?

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        92·
        6 months ago

        If it’s legal in Russia, they should not extradite.

        If I post this picture to VK from my home in the US, should I be extradited to Russia for it?

        • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
          81·
          6 months ago

          You can certainly be charged in Russia.

          Extradition is another matter.

      • TheBigBrother@lemmy.world
        49·
        6 months ago

        Assange personally hacked the alleged computer in US soil? Cos as I see it he published classified information from outside the US so my question would be, you can be judged for publish classified information of the US even if you are not a US citizen? As far as I know the person/s accountable for the crime are ones who probably right now are working for the US govt…

        • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          6 months ago

          The US alleges that Assange was part of a conspiracy to hack computers in the US, ie he was not just a passive receiver, he was involved in planning the hack.

          The superseding indictment alleges that Assange was complicit with Chelsea Manning, a former intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army, in unlawfully obtaining and disclosing classified documents related to the national defense.  Specifically, the superseding indictment alleges that Assange  conspired with Manning;  obtained from Manning and aided and abetted her in obtaining classified information

        • sunzu@kbin.run
          0·
          6 months ago

          Original allegations suggested that russian operatives supplied wikileaks with the docs