Julian Assange charged in superseding indictment
> In 2012, Assange communicated directly with a leader of the hacking group LulzSec (who by then was cooperating with the FBI), and provided a list of targets for LulzSec to hack.  With respect to one target, Assange asked the LulzSec leader to look for (and provide to WikiLeaks) mail and documents, databases and pdfs.  In another communication, Assange told the LulzSec leader that the most impactful release of hacked materials would be from the CIA, NSA, or the New York Times.  WikiLeaks obtained and published emails from a data breach committed against an American intelligence consulting company by an “Anonymous” and LulzSec-affiliated hacker.  According to that hacker, Assange indirectly asked him to spam that victim company again.<p>This is almost certainly sabu/Hector Monsegur. [1]<p>This guy put Jeremy Hammond [2] behind bars, and now he's being used to bring down Julian Freaking Assange. More lives ruined than you can count on one hand.<p>I hope people don't forget that Wikileaks has never published anything that has been proven false. Not once. Julian Assange is in solitary confinement in a prison on bullshit charges, and this is just another one.<p>Stand up for journalists. Real journalists.<p>[1]: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Monsegur" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Monsegur</a><p>[2]: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Hammond" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Hammond</a><p>edit: as pointed out below, Assange was moved from solitary confinement in February.