A federal grand jury has indicted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on 18 counts under the U.S. Espionage Act. The indictment is the latest in a string of legal problems for Assange since British police dragged him from Ecuador’s London embassy on April 11. Free press advocates argue that Assange’s actions as described within the indictment are in many ways little different from those of reporters with accredited, mainstream organizations. The government alleges that Assange obtained classified information “with reason to believe that the information was to be used to the injury of the United States or the advantage of any foreign nation””]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/assange-indicted-in-us-under-espionage-act-a-12517