United States v. Julian Assange
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United States federal prosecution
criminal case
espionage-related case
national security case
press freedom case
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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Assange endangered U.S. national security | 1 |
| United States v. Julian Assange canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T439842 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. Julian Assange Context triple: [Espionage Act of 1917, usedInCase, United States v. Julian Assange]
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A.
United States v. Edward Snowden
United States v. Edward Snowden is the U.S. criminal case in which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was charged for leaking classified surveillance documents, leading to international debates over government secrecy and privacy.
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B.
United States v. Chelsea Manning
United States v. Chelsea Manning was the high-profile court-martial of U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, resulting in a landmark conviction under U.S. military and national security law.
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C.
Julian Assange
Julian Assange is an Australian journalist, publisher, and activist best known as the founder of WikiLeaks, which released classified and sensitive documents from governments and organizations worldwide.
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D.
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg was the landmark criminal case against the former military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, leading to dismissed charges after revelations of government misconduct.
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E.
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden is a former National Security Agency contractor who became internationally known in 2013 for leaking classified documents revealing global mass surveillance programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. Julian Assange Target entity description: 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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A.
United States v. Edward Snowden
United States v. Edward Snowden is the U.S. criminal case in which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was charged for leaking classified surveillance documents, leading to international debates over government secrecy and privacy.
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B.
United States v. Chelsea Manning
United States v. Chelsea Manning was the high-profile court-martial of U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, resulting in a landmark conviction under U.S. military and national security law.
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C.
Julian Assange
Julian Assange is an Australian journalist, publisher, and activist best known as the founder of WikiLeaks, which released classified and sensitive documents from governments and organizations worldwide.
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D.
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg was the landmark criminal case against the former military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, leading to dismissed charges after revelations of government misconduct.
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E.
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden is a former National Security Agency contractor who became internationally known in 2013 for leaking classified documents revealing global mass surveillance programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal prosecution
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criminal case ⓘ espionage-related case ⓘ national security case ⓘ press freedom case ⓘ |
| allegesCollaborationWith | Chelsea Manning ⓘ |
| charge |
conspiracy to commit computer intrusion
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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
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human rights organizations ⓘ press freedom organizations ⓘ |
| defenseArgument |
Julian Assange
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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
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surface form:
U.S.–U.K. Extradition Treaty
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| 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
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surface form:
United States federal court
|
| legalBasis |
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
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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
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surface form:
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia
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| prosecutionArgument |
Assange conspired to hack a U.S. government computer
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United States v. Julian Assange self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Assange endangered U.S. national security
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| raisesIssue |
criminalization of publication of classified information
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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
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surface form:
Afghanistan war logs leak
Guantánamo Bay detainee files leak ⓘ Iraq War documents leak ⓘ U.S. diplomatic cables leak ⓘ WikiLeaks ⓘ |
| supersedingIndictmentDate | 2019 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United States v. Julian Assange Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States v. Julian Assange
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prosecutionArgument
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United States v. Julian Assange
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Assange endangered U.S. national security