A New York court ruled that a former Spanish military officer illegally surveilled people visiting the activist at the Ecuadorian embassy in London

edit:

More coverage on the case Kunstler vs CIA:

CIA Loses Bid to Throw Out Lawsuit for Violating Rights of Julian Assange’s Visitors at Ecuadorean Embassy: Case Sets Stage for Exposing CIA Clandestine Surveillance of Attorneys and Journalists https://www.laprogressive.com/law-and-the-justice-system/cia-slammed-for-violating-rights

Judge Rules Assange Visitors May Sue CIA For Allegedly Violating Privacy https://thedissenter.org/judge-assange-visitors-may-sue-cia-for-spying/

I’m personally not convinced that el-pais got the headline right unfortunately, unless they know something other journalists covering the case don’t…

  • qevlarr@lemmy.world
    321·
    11 months ago

    Assange is a hero for uncovering heinous war crimes by the US. This is obviously a plot to destroy his reputation and get him extradited to a US court. All the Russia stuff people mention came well after he was unfairly persecuted for being a journalist.

    • nekandro@lemmy.ml
      6·
      11 months ago

      I mean, if you hold information that would literally get you disappeared without a trace by a US alphabet agency, wouldn’t you try to get a nation-state of a similar caliber to try to avoid having that happen?