But that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good thing that he’s been arrested and will apparently be extradited to the United States. The U.S. indictment unsealed Thursday accuses Assange of agreeing to help [Chelsea] Manning break a password to the Defense Department’s computer network in 2010. According to the indictment, “Assange agreed to assist Manning in cracking a password stored on United States Department of Defense computers” in order to find more documents. “I love WikiLeaks!” Trump proclaimed, and mentioned them 164 times in the final month of the campaign. Read more:Erik Wemple: Julian Assange fails the smell testThe Post’s View: WikiLeaks does America’s enemies a big favorJulian Assange: WikiLeaks has the same mission as The Post and the TimesThe Post’s View: The White House shows its contempt for the free press

Source: Washington Post April 11, 2019 16:30 UTC