First Amendment concerns have quickly grown after Julian Assange's indictment, with criticism emerging from free speech scholars and prominent journalists
Thursday on federal charges for violating the Espionage Act—because of his publishing of classified information leaked to him by Chelsea Manning—First Amendment concerns have quickly grown, with criticism emerging from free speech scholars and prominent journalists.
The 18-count indictment covers activity from 2010, when Assange published classified documents leaked to him by then-Army analyst Chelsea Manning. Prosecutors say Assange conspired with Manning to hack into the military’s computer network to obtain and publish thousands of pages of classified information about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The documents included the names of military informants, which when published “created a grave and imminent risk to human life,” the indictment says.
The additional 17 charges come as Assange awaits extradition to the U.S. after being forced out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London last month. Assange was arrested after the DOJ unsealed one of the indictments alleging he helped Manning crack a computer password.At the same time, Swedish authorities have reopened an investigation into a sexual assault allegation against Assange. The incident allegedly occurred in 2009, and Assange has denied it.
"Put simply, the Trump admin's unprecedented charges against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks are the most significant and terrifying threat to the First Amendment in the 21st century," The Freedom of the Press Foundation said in a
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