Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Thursday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not a “hero” and that it was a "complex" question as to whether Assange's role publishing classified documents on the Iraq War counted as legitimate journalistic activity. "He apparently aided and assisted in the leak of classified information," Johnson, who served in the Obama administration, said on "Fox & Friends." "At some point, there may be a debate whether he was a journalist and that was legitimate journalist activity but I do not regard him as a hero." His supporters have said that Assange was a journalist -- something Johnson said was up for debate. Johnson said that if there was an attempt to extradite Assange to the U.S., it would be a "lengthy" process.

Source: Fox News April 11, 2019 12:38 UTC