Washington: Assange’s actions put people at risk

The United States said today that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is now free after a deal with US justice, had put people “at risk” by releasing thousands of classified US documents in the 2010s. , which allowed the identification of individuals who had contact with the US State Department, mainly opposition leaders, human rights activists from around the world, who were put at risk by their public disclosure,” said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller. “This also limited the ability of US personnel to build relationships and have frank conversations,” Miller added. Earlier today, Assange, 52, was released after a brief hearing in US federal court in Saipan, in the Northern Mariana Islands. He returned to Australia, his country of origin. Under the deal, Assange pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obtain and disclose information affecting US national security. […]
Source: News Beast

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