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They stumbled across two references to him about the need to keep an indictment under seal. due to the sophistication of the defendant and publicity surrounding the case no other procedure is likely to keep secret he has been charged. it would remain sealed until assange is arrested. he remains at the ecuadorian embassy in london. more recently he released dnc and clinton campaign emails during the 2016 election. after the election mike pompeo accused wikileaks of high crimes including espionage...

He remains in london where hes unable to leave for fear of arrest or extradition. its not clear about the charges under seal. wikileaks has been under scrutiny seasons 2010 with 750,000 classified cables and the release of dnc and clinton e-mails during the 2016 election. >> mike pompeo accused wikileaks of high crimes including espionage >> wikileaks walks and talks like a hostile intelligence several. they have asked followers to get jobs at the cia to call them out. its time to call them what...

>> assange remains in london unable to leave for fear of arrest. hes been under scrutiny since 2010 and the release of cables an more recently of clinton e-mails in 2016. julian assange said they have heard nothing about indictments. he said it would set a terrible and dangerous precedent, shep. >> shepard: catherine herridge. during the election, candidate trump did a lot of praising of julian assange. >> yes, he did. after the election, mike pompeo accused wikileaks of high crimes including es...

Database to wikileaks. chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski joins us from washington. good afternoon, mik. >> reporter: good afternoon. welcome aboard. >> great to be with you. the army has announced additional 22 charges and these include, i quote, aiding the enemy, for which the death penalty is available. and some believe hes guilty of treason. so could he receive the death penalty? >> reporter: well, martin, in the army, the aiding the enemy charge is as close to treason as they can...

Report is an army intelligence report that identifies wikileaks has a danger to the u.s. military. in that report it says, it must be presumed that foreigne adversaries will review and assess department of defense sensitive or classified information posted to the wikileaks website. so it look likes what theyre saying is that wikileaks is in fact the enemy and bradley manning leaks a document to wikileaks, identifying them as a threat to u.s. forces. >> is julian assange the enemy, then? if were ...

When we do communicate. i dont see that at all, no. >> jane, the charges that are set out against private manning say that, quote, he introduced unauthorized software on to government computers and transmitted the classified data for use by the enemy. theres also this reference to knowing that it would be accessible to the enemy. so who is the enemy? >> i think thats a really good question. i would hope that jim miklaszewski and other people in contact with the pentagon, jeff mo morel ask the qu...

Cables would be leaked and taylor the charges, according to that? >> well, military officials claim that the delay in all of these charges was the result of a request by the defense attorneys to subject bradley manning to some kind of mental competency hearing. but quite frankly, as long as it did take, and in fact, it almost makes sense, although nobody has said this, to wait to see exactly what wikileaks would have distributed. >> jim miklaszewski, at the pentagon, thanks so much. im joined ...

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