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NEW YORK (AP) — Two lawyers and two journalists are suing the CIA, allowing the CIA to obtain copies of the contents of CIA electronic equipment and record meetings with WikiLeaks He allegedly violated his constitutional rights by helping to Founder Julian Assange at the end of a seven-year residency at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
Plaintiffs seek compensatory and punitive damages in a lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan federal court.
New York attorneys Margaret Ratner Künstler and Deborah Habek, along with German-based journalist John Getz and British-based Charles Glass, argue that the CIA obtained information through a deal with UC Global. claimed to have done so. A private security company based in Spain that provided security for the embassy.
The lawsuit stated that she suffered considerable emotional distress and anxiety from uncertainty and concerns about how her personal and confidential information would be used. I'm here.
They said the rights of more than 100 of his Americans who visited Assange at the embassy may have been violated by illegal espionage.
The CIA declined to comment.
Two years ago, his two anonymous witnesses, who worked for a Spanish firm that provided security for the embassy, testified in a London court.
Assange, 51, has lived in the embassy since 2012 after he took refuge in it for fear of possible extradition to the United States. He was evicted in April 2019 and has been in a London prison ever since.
US prosecutors list 17 espionage charges and his one computer misuse over WikiLeaks' release of classified US military documents 10 years ago. indicted Assange on charges of The charges carry a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison.
Assange's lawyers say he is protected by the First Amendment from releasing leaked documents that expose US military misconduct in Iraq and Afghanistan. They also said he suffered from a wide range of mental health problems, including suicidal tendencies.
In June, the British government ordered Assange's extradition to the United States.
Assange's lawyers have asked President Joe Biden to drop the charges against him.
