LONDON: Julian Assange tried to contact Hillary Clinton and the White House when he realized that unredacted US diplomatic cables given to WikiLeaks were about to be dumped on the internet, his lawyer told his London extradition hearing on Tuesday. On Monday, the lawyer representing the United States told the hearing that Assange, 48, was wanted for crimes that had endangered people in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan who had helped the West, some of whom later disappeared. He told London’s Woolwich Crown Court that WikiLeaks had received documents from Manning in April 2010. A witness from Der Spiegel said the US State Department had been involved in suggesting redactions in conference calls, Summers said. Summers said the State Department had responded by suggesting that Assange call back “in a couple of hours”.

Source: Pakistan Today February 25, 2020 14:37 UTC