• FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Anyone involved in a crime committed on US soil can be charged with the crime.

    Do you suppose hacking your computer should be legal provided the hacker is in Russia?

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      5 months ago

      If it’s legal in Russia, they should not extradite.

      If I post this picture to VK from my home in the US, should I be extradited to Russia for it?

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        5 months ago

        You can certainly be charged in Russia.

        Extradition is another matter.

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      5 months ago

      Assange personally hacked the alleged computer in US soil? Cos as I see it he published classified information from outside the US so my question would be, you can be judged for publish classified information of the US even if you are not a US citizen? As far as I know the person/s accountable for the crime are ones who probably right now are working for the US govt…

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        5 months ago

        The US alleges that Assange was part of a conspiracy to hack computers in the US, ie he was not just a passive receiver, he was involved in planning the hack.

        The superseding indictment alleges that Assange was complicit with Chelsea Manning, a former intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army, in unlawfully obtaining and disclosing classified documents related to the national defense.  Specifically, the superseding indictment alleges that Assange  conspired with Manning;  obtained from Manning and aided and abetted her in obtaining classified information