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Biden Refers to Potential Conspiracy Charge Against Julian Assange

By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Sun Dec 19, 2010 at 12:41:09 PM EST
Tags: Julian Assange, Wikileaks (all tags)
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This week, the New York Times reported the Justice Department was considering conspiracy charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, rather than espionage charges.

On Meet the Press this morning, Biden said he can't talk about the grand jury investigation. In the next sentence, he said:

If he conspired to get these classified documents with a member of the U.S. Military, that’s fundamentally different than if somebody drops on your lap here.. "Here is-- classified material."

Could he have said any more clearly the grand jury is focused on a charge Assange conspired with Manning?

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    Those in power (the rich) (5.00 / 0) (#6)
    by dead dancer on Sun Dec 19, 2010 at 01:51:46 PM EST
    do not like having their dirty laundry on display, and are willing to go to any lengths.

    From most of what i have heard, why were these docs classified anyway. If i call someone a name, is that now classified? Jebus.