Reply to post: Re: Don't like his chances

Assange will 'accept arrest' on Friday if found guilty

SolidSquid

Re: Don't like his chances

"It would be hard even for them to show that an offence in US jurisdiction had been committed."

Iirc the closest they've come to a valid complaint is that he (apparently) assisted in the removal of the classified data by advising Manning on ways to remove it without being detected. It's still pretty flimsy, and depends on him being able to be charged for conspiracy to commit a crime while not within US jurisdiction, but it is a potential criminal charge

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