"The CIA wanted revenge against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
after WikiLeaks published documents about the CIA’s surveillance
tools, a court heard today.
Lawyers for Assange told court judges that the Vault 7 leak –
which disclosed the CIA’s hacking capabilities – provoked a desire
for blood and vengeance from the US intelligence community.
They told the court that US agents discussed plans to forcibly remove
Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy by kidnapping him and had
discussed the idea of poisoning him."
(...)
"Speaking outside the High Court, Stella Moris described the case as a
“political prosecution”.
“The inhumane conditions of US prisons have been exposed before
these courts in their full barbarity,” she said. “The crimes that
have been undertaken by the US government against Julian have also
been exposed before these courts.”
The WikiLeaks founder faces 17 charges under the 1917 Espionage Act
for receiving and publishing hundreds of thousands of classified
government documents leaked by former US Army intelligence analyst
Chelsea Manning in 2010.
He also faced one count under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,
which was later bolstered by further contested allegations that he
conspired with others to encourage them to obtain classified material
through hacking.
Assange, who has been held on remand in Belmarsh prison in south-east
London since April 2019, could face up to 175 years in prison if
convicted.
However, the US government said Assange was likely to face a sentence
of between four and seven years."
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252508798/CIA-sought-revenge-against-Julian-Assange-over-hacking-tool-leaks-court-hears?
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