Spanish court to question witnesses over ‘illegal surveillance’ of WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeA Spanish court investigating allegations that a security company illegally spied on visitors to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London will hear evidence from lawyers and a computer security specialist. Andy… Oct 16 20October 16, 2020Article at ComputerWeekly.com
WikiLeaks published unredacted cables after password was disclosed in bookWikiLeaks published hundreds of thousands of unredacted government cables only after they had been published by other people on the internet, a court heard yesterday. Christian Grothoff, an expert in network security from the University of Applied… Sep 22 20September 22, 2020Article at ComputerWeekly.com
Trump implicated in plans to prosecute Assange over war leaksThe White House was behind the removal of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London before his arrest, a court heard on 21 September. US journalist and Trump supporter Cassandra Fairbanks claimed that she had been told by… Sep 21 20September 21, 2020Article at ComputerWeekly.com
WikiLeaks cables showed US interfered in German torture investigationKhalid El-Masri, a German citizen who was kidnapped and tortured by the CIA in a case of mistaken identity, told a court that disclosures by WikiLeaks showed that the US had intervened in a German judicial investigation into his treatment Government… Sep 21 20September 21, 2020Article at ComputerWeekly.com
WikiLeaks partners developed software to redact 400,000 Iraq War LogsWikiLeaks and its media partners used software developed by an independent non-government organisation (NGO) to redact information that could identify individuals from 400,000 classified documents on the Iraq war, a court heard today. John Sloboda,… Sep 17 20September 17, 2020Article at ComputerWeekly.com
Assange prosecution would put journalists around the world at riskTrevor Timm, co-founder of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, tells a court that if the US prosecutes WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, every reporter who receives a secret document will be criminalised The prosecution of Julian Assange by the US… Sep 10 20September 10, 2020Article at ComputerWeekly.com
US conspiracy charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ‘politically motivated’US journalism historian and investigative journalist Mark Feldstein tells a UK court that use of the Espionage Act against Assange will have wide implications for the press US extradition charges filed against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are… Sep 09 20September 09, 2020Article at ComputerWeekly.com
Met Police collaborated with US prosecutors in WikiLeaks investigationThe Metropolitan Police shared information about WikiLeaks journalists with US prosecutors for at least four years as the US Department of Justice (DOJ) conducted secret investigations into the whistleblowing website and its founder Julian Assange.… Mar 14 19March 14, 2019Article at ComputerWeekly.com