Assange says that Obama has changed a generation , according to the text of a speech . ` ` Edward Snowden 's career is just beginning , '' he says of the youngest leaker . Snowden is charged by federal prosecutors with espionage and theft of government property . Manning is being court-martialed on charges he aided U.S. enemies by leaking documents he obtained as an Army intelligence analyst . ` ` This is n't a problem that is going away , '' says Assange of young , tech - savvy leakers .
Assange says that Obama has changed a generation , according to the text of a speech . ` ` Edward Snowden 's career is just beginning , '' he says of the youngest leaker . Snowden is charged by federal prosecutors with espionage and theft of government property . ` ` This is n't a problem that is going away , '' says Assange of young , tech - savvy leakers .