Judge Rules Assange Visitors May Sue CIA For Allegedly Violating Privacy
The court found that four Americans sufficiently alleged that the CIA “violated their reasonable expectation of privacy” under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
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A federal judge ruled that four American attorneys and journalists, who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange while he was in the Ecuador embassy in London, may sue the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for their role in the alleged copying of the contents of their electronic devices.
The Americans sufficiently alleged that the CIA and CIA Director Mike Pompeo—through the Spanish security company UC Global and its director David Morales—“violated their reasonable expectation of privacy” under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
Richard Roth, attorney for the four Americans, reacted, "We are thrilled that the court rejected the CIA’s efforts to silence the plaintiffs, who merely seek to expose the CIA’s attempt to carry out Pompeo’s vendetta against WikiLeaks."
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If the USA justice system is as bad as the uk system is now,then it could affect Julians case in the fact that a judge sympathetic to the government or cia could judge against just to stop the cia being sued,there's been alleged instances in the uk where a judge who is sympathetic to the government of the time made their decision and that reflected his bias. I'm not sure how things work exactly in USA Courts but what I've seen bewilders me at ti.es,justice doesn't appear to be justice! It's more like Revenge
As much as I want to see organisations like the CIA held to Account for their wrongdoing, I'm worried that a case like this could jeopardise Julians case. If the Courts uphold Julians international arrest warrant then there will be no case as the CIA will claim " National Security "!
If the Courts decides to drop the Warrant then the CIA wouldn't be able to use National Security! So I honestly hope this action won't damage Julians case