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Read the Indictment Against WikiLeaks' Julian Assange

The indictment accuses Assange of assisting former U.S. intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in cracking a password that helped Manning infiltrate Pentagon computers

The U.S. Justice Department has charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with conspiring with Chelsea Manning to break into a classified government computer.

The charge was announced Thursday after Assange was taken into custody in London in connection with a U.S. extradition request, as well as for breaching U.K. bail conditions in 2012.

His lawyer has previously said that Assange planned to fight any U.S. charges against him.

The indictment accuses Assange of assisting Manning, a former U.S. intelligence analyst, in cracking a password that helped Manning infiltrate Pentagon computers.

Read the full indictment below:

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