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Trying to help someone evade detection whilst committing a crime is not really 'attempting to save someone from terrible treatment'. To save Manning from being punished Assange could've guided her to only expose documents related to specific wrongdoing. That would've at least given Manning a plausible whistleblower defense. That defense may not have succeeded, but it probably would've led to a much, much shorter sent…
>But by trying to help her gain illegal access to an account for the purpose of enabling her to steal more classified information, This is not what happened. Access to the account provided no additional information, it just would have protected her identity somewhat. >To save Manning from being punished Assange could've guided her to only expose documents related to specific wrongdoing. That would've at least given M…
doesnt matter; it's still a CFAA violation. if the facts as they have been presented are correct, assange is guilty of conspiracy.