United States v. Julian Assange

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United States v. Julian Assange is a high-profile U.S. criminal case against WikiLeaks’ founder over the publication of classified government documents, raising major debates about press freedom, national security, and whistleblowing.

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instanceOf United States federal prosecution
criminal case
espionage-related case
national security case
press freedom case
allegesCollaborationWith Chelsea Manning
charge conspiracy to commit computer intrusion
conspiracy to obtain and disclose classified information
disclosure of national defense information
obtaining national defense information
receiving national defense information
court United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
criticizedBy civil liberties groups
human rights organizations
press freedom organizations
defenseArgument Julian Assange
surface form: Assange acted as a journalist and publisher

prosecution threatens press freedom
extraditionAppealHeardBy High Court of Justice of England and Wales
extraditionProceedingsHeldAt Westminster Magistrates’ Court
extraditionRequestedFrom United Kingdom
extraditionTreatyInvoked UK–US Extradition Treaty
surface form: U.S.–U.K. Extradition Treaty
filedBy United States Department of Justice
focusesOn publication of classified U.S. government documents
hasDefendant Julian Assange
hasPlaintiff United States of America
indictmentInitiallyUnsealed 2019
initialIndictmentDate 2018
involves Chelsea Manning
jurisdiction federal judiciary of the United States
surface form: United States federal court
legalBasis Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Espionage Act of 1917
maximumPotentialSentence up to 175 years in prison
monitoredBy international media
notableFor being one of the most prominent U.S. Espionage Act cases involving a publisher
numberOfCounts 18
prosecutedBy United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
surface form: U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia
prosecutionArgument Assange conspired to hack a U.S. government computer
United States v. Julian Assange self-linksurface differs
surface form: Assange endangered U.S. national security
raisesIssue criminalization of publication of classified information
extraterritorial application of U.S. criminal law
national security
press freedom
protection of journalistic sources
scope of the First Amendment
whistleblowing
relatesTo Afghan War Diary leak
surface form: Afghanistan war logs leak

Guantánamo Bay detainee files leak
Iraq War documents leak
U.S. diplomatic cables leak
WikiLeaks
supersedingIndictmentDate 2019

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United States v. Julian Assange prosecutionArgument United States v. Julian Assange self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Assange endangered U.S. national security
Espionage Act of 1917 usedInCase United States v. Julian Assange