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Sources: US prepares charges to seek arrest of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange
cnn.com ^ | 4/20/17 | Evan Perez, Pamela Brown, Shimon Prokupecz and Eric Bradner,

Posted on 04/20/2017 3:38:16 PM PDT by ColdOne

Washington (CNN)US authorities have prepared charges to seek the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, US officials familiar with the matter tell CNN. The Justice Department investigation of Assange and WikiLeaks dates to at least 2010, when the site first gained wide attention for posting thousands of files stolen by the former US Army intelligence analyst now known as Chelsea Manning. Prosecutors have struggled with whether the First Amendment precluded the prosecution of Assange, but now believe they have found a way to move forward.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2010; agsessions; assange; chelseamanning; espionage; nsa; trumpdoj; wikileaks
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To: ColdOne

The CIA, FBI, NSA etc. can’t have a rouge agent telling the American public what they are really doing to us.


41 posted on 04/20/2017 4:23:01 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Best long term prep for conservatives: Have big families & out-breed the illegals & muslims.)
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To: Flaming Conservative

Agreed


42 posted on 04/20/2017 4:24:18 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: adorno

You’re missing the big point. What was revealed was the massive illegal activities of the US intel community in spying ON the American people.

He exposed their crimes. Now the criminals are trying to punish him.


43 posted on 04/20/2017 4:25:13 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: sport

I know.


44 posted on 04/20/2017 4:26:58 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: ColdOne
...posting thousands of files stolen by the former US Army intelligence analyst now known as Chelsea Manning

Manning had his sentence commuted by Obama... and he's the one who actually stole the classified information.

45 posted on 04/20/2017 4:27:51 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: DesertRhino
Of course they are, the Empire Strikes back.

Just as Sessions has said on record he's gonna go after pot smokers.

46 posted on 04/20/2017 4:28:10 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Fhios

The CIA claims they have new super-duper secret info that Wiki encouraged Manning to snatch and leak certain specific documents. And of course they would never lie to us, would they?


47 posted on 04/20/2017 4:28:28 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: pissant

Meanwhile, Pompeo and Comey are in flight to New Zealand to collaborate on more global scale over reach of governmental surveillance.


48 posted on 04/20/2017 4:28:37 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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To: ColdOne
BAD IDEA!

Hillary, Susan Rice, Lois Learner,John Koskinen, Huma Abedin, etc.

Assange is guilty of far, far less than the above named definite criminals.

49 posted on 04/20/2017 4:30:12 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: TADSLOS

Comey should have been fired day 1. Pompeo is turning out to be as stupid as his predecessor.


50 posted on 04/20/2017 4:30:26 PM PDT by pissant ((Deport 'em all))
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To: pissant

Hmmmmmmmmm


51 posted on 04/20/2017 4:32:48 PM PDT by maxtheripper
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To: ColdOne

Height of arrogance.

Assange is not a US citizen and is not subject to US law, nor did he commit a crime on US soil.

Those who authorized spyware my on US citizens should go to jail.


52 posted on 04/20/2017 4:34:57 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998

NO way Trump can charge Assange and not Hillary.. blowback would be unbelievable. IF Trump says if you charge Assange then you must charge Hillary I bet hey withdraw


53 posted on 04/20/2017 4:35:09 PM PDT by ground_fog ( My God this was from today!)
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To: pissant

....”Prosecute the effin leakers withing CIA, not the publisher of the leaks”....

Why not prosecute BOTH?


54 posted on 04/20/2017 4:38:40 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: ColdOne

Well, Trump is scared of something....why else?....We’ll see.


55 posted on 04/20/2017 4:49:45 PM PDT by thatdewd (I'm tired of watching stupid people do stupid things stupidly.)
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To: Flick Lives

BTTT


56 posted on 04/20/2017 4:50:27 PM PDT by thatdewd (I'm tired of watching stupid people do stupid things stupidly.)
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To: ground_fog

Not good. Especially if Sessions is on board with this BS.

Soros, Obama, Hillary and all their crooked apparatchiks should be priority #1.

Assange is a damn hero in my book. A Paul Revere. Certainly a bigger patriot than any of the intel aholes we have in D.C. that never ‘blew’ a whistle.


57 posted on 04/20/2017 4:50:55 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America. Treat them accordingly.)
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To: ColdOne

Obama’s dream come true....courtesy of Trump....what’s he afraid they’ll reveal???....


58 posted on 04/20/2017 4:51:36 PM PDT by thatdewd (I'm tired of watching stupid people do stupid things stupidly.)
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To: pissant

...”US officials familiar with the matter tell CNN”....

Well now and we should believe this because?????
Deep state will say anything about Assange to make him squirm.....he’s got the scoop on most of them.


59 posted on 04/20/2017 4:53:07 PM PDT by caww
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To: pissant

Foreign news organization?

Well then, tell that to the FBI and Justice Department, who, according to the article above, will try to bring charges to Assange and Wikileaks.


60 posted on 04/20/2017 4:57:03 PM PDT by adorno (w)
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