WikiLeaks founder named sources and encouraged theft and hacking, say lawyers at extradition hearing in London
because he named sources and encouraged theft and hacking, not because of politics, lawyers for the US government have claimed at a critical extradition hearing.founder could be extradited to the US within days to face prosecution on espionage charges relating to the publication of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents concerning the Afghanistan and Iraq wars if the high court in London refuses him permission to appeal against his removal from the UK.
Dobbin said Assange had not merely published material but had conspired with and aided and abetted Chelsea Manning in stealing and disclosing classified information. He is also alleged to have sought to recruit other hackers and leakers of classified information. The lawyer added: “It is these core facts which distinguish the position of the appellant from the New York Times and other media outlets.
But Dobbin told the court there were people “who had to leave their homes, flee their homelands, because they had been identified in the state diplomatic cables”. She said others lost jobs, had assets frozen or “disappeared”, although their disappearance could not be proved to be as a result of having been named. Dobbin said those affected included individuals in Ethiopia, China, Iran and Syria. “The material that published unredacted attracts no public interest whatsoever,” she said.
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