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Navy Blames Julian Assange Tweet on 'Inadvertent Keystroke'

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By Jeffrey Rodack | Tuesday, 26 December 2017 08:03 AM EST

The Navy tweeted the name of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but later attributed the posting to an "inadvertent keystroke."

This morning, an inadvertent keystroke by an authorized user of the U.S. Navy Office of Information's Digitial Media Engagement Team caused the trending term "Julian Assange" to be tweeted from the Navy's official Twitter account (@USNavy). (1/2)
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) December 25, 2017

The inadvertent tweet was briefly posted for a few second before it was quickly deleted by the same authorized user. The inadvertent tweet was sent during routine monitoring of trending topics. (2/2)
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) December 25, 2017

Assange's Twitter account had briefly disappeared for a time, before showing up again on Monday morning without explanation, The Hill noted.

And WikiLeaks offered a tweet of its own on the situation.

Despite some oddities from the US Navy and Twitter today and increased physical surveillance @JulianAssange's physical situation at the embassy remains unaltered--confined without charge in violation of two UN rulings requiring the UK to set him free.https://t.co/ne7cQ2Uryw
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) December 25, 2017

CBS News reported Assange remained in the Ecuadorean embassy in London where he has been since 2012.

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