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>The fact that someone is innocent is no guarantee that they can prove it in court.

He doesn't have to prove it, just show that it's plausible. The burden of proof is on the prosecution.

>The US government is not particularly upset that he failed to crack a password. They are upset that he created Wikileaks and publicly embarrassed a lot of influential people.

I think they probably are upset that he tried to help someone hack into a DoD system.