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>He’s being charged with actively assisting a leaker in bypassing security systems: illegal conduct that took place in the US.

He's charged with attempting to assist his source hide her identity while acquiring files she already had access too. While he was allegedly doing this, neither individual was in the US. Assange was in Europe while Manning was in Iraq on March 8th, the date the conversation took place.



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