北弗吉尼亚州的联邦法院要求这位澳大利亚出生的计算机程序员和活动人士出庭受审。阿桑奇被控与前陆军军人曼宁合作,非法获取并公布了数十万份有关阿富汗和伊拉克战争,以及古巴关塔那摩军事监狱情况的报告。
Assange had eluded arrest for seven years by holing up in Ecuador's embassy in London until Ecuadorian officials turned against him in April.
七年来,阿桑奇一直在厄瓜多尔驻伦敦大使馆里躲避逮捕,直到今年4月厄瓜多尔官员撤销他的庇护身份。
After his arrest by London police, U.S. prosecutors unsealed a year-old indictment charging him with a single count of computer intrusion in connection with the publication of the secret documents. But last month, they upped the ante, accusing Assange in a new 18-count superseding indictment of violating the 1917 Espionage Act by distributing classified information.
在阿桑奇被伦敦警方逮捕后,美国检察官公布了一份一年前的起诉书,仅指控阿桑奇在公布机密文件过程中侵入电脑。但上个月,他们加大了力度,在一份包括18项指控的新起诉书中,阿桑奇被控散布机密信息,违反了《1917年间谍法》。
Assange, 47, faces up to 10 years in prison for each of the new charges.
47岁的阿桑奇在每一项最新的指控中最高可判10年监禁。
The Espionage Act was enacted by Congress to deter spies from passing secret information to foreign governments. The last time a grand jury returned an indictment under the law the U.S. was at war with Nazi Germany.
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