What law is Julian Assange accused of breaking?

Julian Assange in a police vehicle on his arrival at Westminster Magistrates court after his removal from the Ecuadorian embassy in London. By Brian Fung Brian Fung Reporter focusing on telecommunications, media, and competition Email Bio Follow April 11 at 2:35 PM The crime U.S. authorities have charged Wikileaks founder Julian Assange with wasn’t for publishing classified information, an accusation that some have said would amount to an attack on press freedoms.

The law in question — the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, America’s premier anti-hacking statute — makes it illegal to access a computer without authorization. But the 35-year-old legislation has long been dogged by critics who say the law’s vagueness has been abused to go after even relatively innocuous behavior by everyday Americans.

Assange is hardly the only foreign national to come into the law’s cross hairs. U.S. officials invoked the CFAA to seek the extradition of Lauri Love, a Briton who allegedly broke into the computer networks of the FBI, NASA and the Department of Energy in 2012 and 2013. Another British national, Gary MacKinnon, faced similar charges over his alleged hacking of the Defense Department in 2001 and 2002.

The vagueness of the CFAA, Ohm said, stems from varying interpretations of its two key parts: A prohibition on accessing a computer “without authorization,” and “exceeding” authorized access.

He's irresponsible and illegal acts against a country show he is absolutely not part of the free press as he claims. That's why he's been hiding out in the embassy.

Of course it does. Any law that's 'controversial' doesn't have any foundation in justice; the state can use it against you at any given moment.

I thought he just uploaded the information other hackers gave him? I don’t think he hacked anything.

Likely to be a dreamt up 'hacking' charge. We will probably never know as Assange will undergo a secret 'espionage' trial - with no legal defence and away from the media - for alleged 'national security' purposes, all carefully devised to protect the guilty.

This is joke

FakeNews

Are these photos being taken on 35mm cameras, printed, and then photographed on an iPhone?

Be a good lad. Enter a plea, cast yourself upon the status of victim, and hope Foxx from Chicago is the prosecutor

Assange’s case seems to be exactly what the law was intended for.

Yet you don’t talk about the truth he was able to get out of that hacking

When realDonaldTrump was asked about Wikileaks. CNN

Make sure to remind your cult followers that his arrest is from a charge in 2010, nothing to do with the 2016 elections.

Democracy dies in Darkness ehh?

Does anyone know how many years he could be facing? Life?

I wonder if he'll get the Chelsea Manning treatment

I have zero sympathy or concern. This ain't Jamal Khashoggi. He's no journalist. He's a real enemy of the state.

While the US is not perfect, I find it funny that this truth crusading individual has never released hacks from Russia or China

You should switch to a certain number of free articles per month like most online newspapers as I cannot read even one, why would I subscribe unless I can sample the content?

It's a bullsh*t charge anyway. Assange is being indicted for exposing the crimes the US government committed in Iraq.

Publishing the truth and screwing bitter,sore losers?

Seth rich will finally be getting justice 🇺🇸🇺🇸

He has not hacked any system- he has published war crimes of the us !!! JULIAN IS A HERO !!!

Julian assange is a hero. WAPO is letting democracy die in darkness.

Mike Pompeo has some explaining to do LOL

🐾 Democracy in the US?

Free Pamela Anderson! FreeAssange

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