A group of lawyers and journalists this Monday to complain INCH and its director at the time, Mike PompeoDuring his visits to the founder of WikiLeaks, they accused him of spying on his speeches, Julian Assange, While defecting at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
“We are filing a lawsuit on behalf of several people who went to the Ecuadorian Embassy to visit Julian Assange, and their entire team was attacked without their knowledge. photographed and their conversations recorded “By a company run by Mike Pompeo,” Australian lawyer Richard Roth said at a press conference.
While the 51-year-old activist remains in maximum security prison in London’s Belmarsh, her appeal to the United States against her surrender is settled.
US authorities blame Australian twenty crimes for information and documents leaked to the website WikiLeaksIt exposed abuses committed by US soldiers in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
return order
Between 2012 and 2019, Assange took refuge at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he was arrested until April of that year. Extradition order from the United StatesAfter the Government of that Latin American country withdraws its political asylum status.
This is where the alleged wiretapping took place, involving Undercover Global, a Spanish company responsible for the embassy’s private security. The company and its owner, David Morales, are also seen as defendants.
Protection protocols
He went to the embassy several times to “discuss sensitive legal issues,” as one of the plaintiffs, Deborah Kerbeck, explained on Monday.
“There was strict protocol for Julian’s protection upon arrival. Passports, cell phones, cameras, laptops, tape recorders and other electronic equipment were requested to be handed over to the security guards in the lobby,” he said.
Meanwhile, as they later learned, allegedly “they disassembled our phones, removed their SIM cards, took pictures and downloaded data from our electronic device“, added.
The lawsuit was filed this morning in the Southern District of New York, and Pompeo’s “a. extraordinary illegal espionage campaign To Assange’s lawyers and others inside the embassy.”
“Pompeo not only led the effort, but also hired agents, with the help of Sheldon Adelson’s security team, to enforce the breaches, then UC Global CEO David Morales,” the plaintiffs said.
Source: Informacion
