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Julian Assange faces hacking conspiracy charge in U.S.

The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been charged in a computer hacking conspiracy. He is accused of conspiring with Chelsea Manning to break into a computer at the Pentagon. CBS News correspondents Paula Reid and Imtiaz Tyab join CBSN to discuss Assange's legal trouble.
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