[20190607]LSB10291_关于朱利安·阿桑奇指控的常见问题.pdf

CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Frequently Asked Questions about the Julian Assange Charges Updated June 7, 2019 UPDATE: On May 23, 2019, a grand jury returned a superseding indictment adding 17 charges against Assange for allegedly violating the Espionage Act. While the new counts arise out of the same underlying factual events as the original indictment, charging Assange under the Espionage Act implicates complex questions over the relationship between the First Amendment and the governments ability to restrict disclosure of national defense informationan issue discussed in this CRS Report. The original post from April 22, 2019, follows below. After spending nearly seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Julian Assange was arrested by British police, was convicted for violating the terms of his bail in the U.K., and had an indictment against him unsealed in the United Statesall in a single day. Despite the swiftness of the recent action, the charges against Assange raise a host of complex questions that are unlikely to be resolved in the near future. This Sidebar examines the international and domestic legal