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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOooopsie Doopsie . . . . Assange has been charged . . . . inadvertently made public
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/julian-assange-has-been-charged-prosecutors-reveal-in-inadvertent-court-filing/2018/11/15/9902e6ba-98bd-48df-b447-3e2a4638f05a_story.html?utm_term=.1f4f0801c360Julian Assange has been charged, prosecutors reveal in inadvertent court filing
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has been charged under seal, prosecutors inadvertently revealed in a recently unsealed court filing a development that could significantly advance the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election and have major implications for those who publish government secrets.
The disclosure came in a filing in a case unrelated to Assange. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kellen S. Dwyer, urging a judge to keep the matter sealed, wrote "due to the sophistication of the defendant and the publicity surrounding the case, no other procedure is likely to keep confidential the fact that Assange has been charged." Later, Dwyer wrote the charges would "need to remain sealed until Assange is arrested."
Dwyer is also assigned to the WikiLeaks case. People familiar with the matter said what Dwyer was disclosing was true, but unintentional.Joshua Stueve, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Virginia said, The court filing was made in error. That was not the intended name for this filing.
An FBI spokeswoman declined to comment.
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Oooopsie Doopsie . . . . Assange has been charged . . . . inadvertently made public (Original Post)
Stinky The Clown
Nov 2018
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stonecutter357
(12,694 posts)1. I hope he gets the Rosenberg treatment !
Cha
(296,879 posts)2. Hope Assange gets
what he deserves.
Thanks, Stinky.. needless to say "ironic"!
Cha
(296,879 posts)3. WSJ Tweet on Asshat..