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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Finally, some sensible decisions on the surface - but as other responders have already noted, is this a trap? The justice system should never be abused as a political tool to wreak vengeance on behalf of maladapted employees in government agencies.