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Dunno, depends on what the charges are, but it mostly happens when somebody is directly involved in criminal activity in the United States, despite not being there. Usually conspiracy charges, but I think it can also happen when somebody does something in one country that causes damage in another - hacking being the most obvious example, but if you were to mail a bomb or something, that might also do it.
Did he hack it himself or show evidence of systemic corruption given to him by an unknown source. Due to how widespread the corruption he had to release the files to ensure something was done.
Another way to look at it. When the system is the defense of the crime people have to go outside the system.