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Originally Posted by tjinaz
You buy a computer you know was stolen. You did not do the stealing but you can be charged with receiving stolen property. Or you are a magazine and buy a nude picture of some hollywood star that was on a computer that was stolen from them. Are you still able to be charged? Yes I think you are.
Same thing here. WikiLeaks is treading on very dangerous ground. If they tried this with Russia, China, or Israel... Mr Assange would we liquefied by now and his people would be running for their lives.
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What's that supposed to mean? We should be proud that we don't act in that way, and we should think it despicable to act in that way. Don't treat rights as privileges.
This is not the same thing as stolen, it's classified information. Once it's out, it can be shared among people without consequence. By your logic, the thread starter has committed an illegal act by linking to it.