[Cowperson]

Interactive conversation with legal experts at the Washington Post this afternoon.

Washington, D.C.: Is there any existing legal basis for Assange to be prosecuted in the United States?

Stuart Slotnick: We can expect that the DOJ will charge Assange in the United States based upon the harm that he has caused to the United States and the connections that Asssange has to the USA. We await to see the chain of events that allowed Assange to receive the classified materials.
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Washington, D.C.: If Assange can be prosecuted in the United States, why not the New York Times?

Stuart Slotnick: The argument is that once the information is declassified by the worlwide disclosure that it can no longer be considered to be classified.

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