If the Wikileaks founder is extradited, lawyers for a hacker who helped leak documents to Assange's organization think he'll be punished as severely as their client.
Share to twitterJulian Assange is facing extradition to the U.S., where lawyers predict he'll be dealt with harshly. Julian Assange should be prepared to both be extradited and receive the maximum five years in prison for theLooking back at previous cases, the American government has shown its willingness to thoroughly punish those who don't commit hacking offences themselves but encourage others to do so.
Like Liverman, Assange isn't charged with actually hacking into American government networks. Instead, he'sof helping Chelsea Manning with password cracking tools and techniques. Specifically, the U.S. alleged Assange spoke with Manning over the encrypted chat service Jabber, providing advice on how to crack passwords to access the Secret Internet Protocol Network. That's where classified Department of Defense files were stored.
"If a young boy can receive the maximum penalty in that same courthouse, what would a grown man with political enemies receive as penalty? I can guess it would be the same," said Medvin. ."If you look to Liverman’s original charges, that is likely indicative of what the government will pile on when deciding how to fully charge Assange."
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