Saturday, December 24, 2011

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Could Face Spy Charges In The U.S.

Assange May Face Spy Charges After Lawyers Claim He 'Coached' U.S. Whistleblower On Breaking Military Computer Passwords -- Daily Mail

* Prosecutors reveal online chats with U.S. army private
* Assange allegedly used alias 'Nathanial Frank'

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could face spy charges in the U.S. after a court revealed his apparent 'role' in the theft of secret military documents, it emerged today.

Lawyers have produced logs of online chats they claim show him coaching U.S. Private Bradley Manning how to break passwords to gain access to military computer networks.

The prosecutors made the allegations in an hour-long presentation at Manning's pre-trial hearing for allegedly uploading 700,000 stolen documents to WikiLeaks.

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My Comment: 2012 is not going to be a good year for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. My prediction .... he will be in a Swedish jail this time next year, and facing extradition to the U.S. for espionage.

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