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| ====== The indictment ====== | ====== The indictment ====== |
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| https://www.scribd.com/document/411275244/Assange-superseding-indictment#from_embed | {{ ::assange-indictment.pdf |PDF version of the March 6th 2018 indictment}}. Also available as [[Indictment 06-03-2018 Full text|full-text]]. |
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| ====== The Superseding Indictment - 24-06-2020 ====== | ====== The Superseding Indictment - 24-06-2020 ====== |
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| {{ ::06_24_20_returned_redacted_foreperson_name_0.pdf |Original PDF version}} and [[superseding_indictment_-_24-06-2020| full-text (OCR) version]], copy-pastable with table of content and links to sections, sub-sections, etc. | On June 24th 2020, the US published a [[superseding_indictment_-_24-06-2020|new version of the indictment of Assange]], as a //new// base for requesting his US extradition. In a rather unusual move, the US are changing the nature of the accusations, while the extradition hearing (trial) is already going on. {{ ::06_24_20_returned_redacted_foreperson_name_0.pdf |Original PDF version}} and [[superseding_indictment_-_24-06-2020| full-text (OCR) version of the superseding indictment]], copy-pastable with table of content and links to sections, sub-sections, etc. |
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| dated 24-06-2020 | * Accusing Assange of a broadened alleged "hacking conspiracy" involving "Anonymous", lulzsec, antisec, CCC, Snowden, etc. |
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| * Accusing Assange of a broadened alleged "hacking conspiracy" involving Anynymous, Lulzec, Antisec. | |
| * Attempting to qualify WikiLeaks as an intelligence agency "recruiting" sources. | * Attempting to qualify WikiLeaks as an intelligence agency "recruiting" sources. |
| * doesnt formally **add** charges (as it would be illegal according to extradition treaties), yet heavily **modifies and broadens** the existing ones. | * doesnt formally **add** charges (as it would be illegal according to extradition treaties), yet heavily **modifies and broadens** the existing ones. |
| * Criminalizing the helping of Edward Snowden out of Hong-Kong. | * Criminalizing the helping of Edward Snowden out of Hong-Kong. |
| * A lot of the alleged conspiracy relies on the testimony of **Sigurdur Thordarson** as //"Teenager"//. Thordarson had served a three-year sentence for multiple counts of embezzlement and fraud, including against WikiLeaks and sex crimes against nine minors. Thordarsson stole tens of thousands of dollars from WikiLeaks, and impersonated Julian Assange in order to carry out the embezzlement. As part of the criminal prosecution of Thordarson in Iceland, he was examined by a forensic psychiatrist who diagnosed him as a sociopath suffering from a “severe anti-social personality disorder.”. ([[https://wikileaks.org/US-DoJ-Preparing-Additional-Indictment.html|source]]) | * A lot of the alleged conspiracy relies on the testimony of **Sigurdur Thordarson** as //"Teenager"//. Thordarson had served a three-year sentence for multiple counts of embezzlement and fraud, including against WikiLeaks and sex crimes against nine minors. Thordarsson stole tens of thousands of dollars from WikiLeaks, and impersonated Julian Assange in order to carry out the embezzlement. As part of the criminal prosecution of Thordarson in Iceland, he was examined by a forensic psychiatrist who diagnosed him as a sociopath suffering from a “severe anti-social personality disorder.”. ([[https://wikileaks.org/US-DoJ-Preparing-Additional-Indictment.html|source]]) |
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| | Redacted names in the indictment: |
| | * WLA-2 = Daniel Domscheit-Berg |
| | * WLA-3 = Jacob Appelbaum |
| | * WLA-4 = Sarah Harrison |
| | * "Teenager" = Sigurdur Thordarson |
| | * “NATO Country-1” = Iceland |
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| US DoJ press release: | US DoJ press release: |
| https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/wikileaks-founder-charged-superseding-indictment | https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/wikileaks-founder-charged-superseding-indictment |
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| [[https://shadowproof.com/2020/06/25/assange-indictment-wikileaks-staff-criminalized-help-snowden/|US Government Expands Assange Indictment To Criminalize Assistance Provided To Edward Snowden - ShadowProof]] | [[https://shadowproof.com/2020/06/25/assange-indictment-wikileaks-staff-criminalized-help-snowden/|US Government Expands Assange Indictment To Criminalize Assistance Provided To Edward Snowden]] - ShadowProof 25/06/2020 |
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| ====== Analysis of the indictment ====== | ====== Analysis of the indictment ====== |