comments

Assange may face conspiracy charge under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

The Dept of Justice could bring a conspiracy charge against Assange under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, if investigators have evidence that Assange incited or aided someone in obtaining the documents illegally.

RELATED ARTICLESExplain
⌅
WikiLeaks
⌃
Legal dimensions?
⌃
What laws, if any, may Julian Assange have broken?
■
Assange may face conspiracy charge under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
↳
Avoids First Amendment issues that apply with Espionage Act
↳
Evidence that Assange was active in the leak itself may be hard to get
□
Allegations of sexual assault in Sweden
□
Assange pleaded guilty to 24 charges of hacking in Australia in 1992
□
Graph of this discussion
Enter the title of your article


Enter a short (max 500 characters) summation of your article
Enter the main body of your article
Lock
+Comments (0)
+Citations (1)
+About
Enter comment

Select article text to quote
welcome text

First name   Last name 

Email

Skip