Is Assange now unprosecutable?

[Anthony Papillion]

Even though WikiLeaks have released the keys to the kingdom, I don't think it would matter for prosecution. Keep in mind that we have proof of all of the NSA stuff and yet, when a criminal defendant tried to use those as evidence in his case, he was told he couldn't because he could not proce that the tools were used specifically against him. I suspect any prosecution of Assange would likely follow a similar route. 

Anthony Papillion

----- Original Message -----
From: jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com>
Sent: 03/12/2017 - 10:28 PM
To: CypherPunks <cypherpunks at lists.cpunks.org>
Subject: Is Assange now unprosecutable?

> That recent leak of America's hacking secrets comes at an opportune time for Assange.  He may have to leave that embassy in London within a few months.  Generally, and unlike MY trial, a Federal criminal defendant gets great leeway to call witnesses for his defense.  Now that he has published the 'keys to the kingdom', I doubt whether it would even be possible to prosecute him.  Imagine all the witnesses he could call just to verify the genuineness of those recent documents!
> No doubt the person or people who leaked that material to Wikileaks knew this.   Somebody deserves some big congratulations.
>                Jim Bell