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5. I guess this crazy theory was started by Eric Holder and promoted in the Washington Post...
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 05:23 AM
Sep 2012

back in November, 2010, but the investigation is still ongoing due to the complexity of the Bradley Manning case:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/29/AR2010112905973.html

The government also would have to persuade another country to turn over Assange, who is outside the United States.

...

"Whenever you're talking about a media organization, the department is going to look very closely to ensure that any prosecution doesn't undermine the valid First Amendment functioning of the press," said Kenneth Wainstein, former assistant attorney general in the national security division.

But when it comes to Assange, Jeffrey H. Smith, a former CIA general counsel, said: "I'm confident that the Justice Department is figuring out how to prosecute him."
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