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Julian Sanchez
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One thing the Omar nonsense is highlighting is that some people seem to have wildly different emotional responses to trivially different phrasings of exactly the same idea.
After 9/11, we recognized *all* Muslims were seeing their liberties threatened because of something *some* people had done.

Totally fine!

After 9/11, we recognized *some* people did something, but *all* Muslims were seeing their liberties threatened.

Get the pitchforks!
It’s ridiculous to get upset about the second phrasing, of course, but it would be impossible to have the same media frenzy over the first phrasing, because structurally you can’t pull out “something some people had done” as a grammatically complete sentence to obsess over.
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Maybe this is the most concise way to put it: No ethical reporter helps sources hack like Assange did. But the way “helping to hack” is being charged is as a conspiracy to violate 18 USC §1030 (a)(1). And good reporters conspire with their sources to do that constantly.
There’s no basis *in the statute* for treating “conspiring to help with the unauthorized access part” differently from “conspiring to help with the sending-to-a-reporter part.”
Important point: the “overt act” the gov’t has to show to prove conspiracy doesn’t have to itself be a crime. Talking about robbing a bank is just talk until you take a step toward the action; then it’s conspiracy. But the step can be something legal, like buying ski masks.
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Julian Sanchez
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Reminder: *everything a reporter does* to facilitate a source anonymously sending that reporter classified info is “helping them commit a crime.”, So that’s not a useful way to talk about what distinguishes the Assange case.
Yes, Assange offering to help crack a password is morally different. But it’s being charged under the exact same section of 18 USC §1030 that covers transmitting classified information to someone who’s not cleared (like a reporter).
The point here isn’t to defend Assange, and it certainly isn’t to pretend what he did is indistinguishable from normal journalism. It’s that it’s important to be clear about what the difference is.
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But here’s the relevant section of the CFAA, 18 USC §1030(a)(1), which describes a series of actions that starts with “access without authorization” and ends with “willfully communicate, transmit, or deliver.” 4/X
The “acts in furtherance” involve efforts to assist with the “unauthorized access” part… by allowing Manning to log in as another user to confuse her trail. The “manners and means” are about facilitating efforts to securely & anonymously transmit. 5/X
And the “purpose of the conspiracy” encompasses both: “To facilitate Manning’s acquisition and transmission of classified information.” What’s unclear is whether they think conduct facilitating only the “transmission” part would qualify as “acts in furtherance.” 6/X
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