A New York court ruled that a former Spanish military officer illegally surveilled people visiting the activist at the Ecuadorian embassy in London

edit:

More coverage on the case Kunstler vs CIA:

CIA Loses Bid to Throw Out Lawsuit for Violating Rights of Julian Assange’s Visitors at Ecuadorean Embassy: Case Sets Stage for Exposing CIA Clandestine Surveillance of Attorneys and Journalists https://www.laprogressive.com/law-and-the-justice-system/cia-slammed-for-violating-rights

Judge Rules Assange Visitors May Sue CIA For Allegedly Violating Privacy https://thedissenter.org/judge-assange-visitors-may-sue-cia-for-spying/

I’m personally not convinced that el-pais got the headline right unfortunately, unless they know something other journalists covering the case don’t…

  • lobut@lemmy.ca
    733·
    11 months ago

    Meh, screw Assange. Don’t want his or his visitors rights violated though. But sincerely, fuck this Russian asset.

          • davelAEnglish
            82·
            11 months ago

            I wouldn’t go so far as to say they’re as unhinged, but they’ll blame anyone for their failures—even if they have to invent them—than ever look in the mirror.

      • El Barto@lemmy.world
        5·
        11 months ago

        Hey, I’m liberal leaning. Don’t put us all in the same bundle.

        Imagine if I called you a Trump-supporter for not liking liberal policies.

      • ultranaut@lemmy.world
        65·
        11 months ago

        That’s not really a fair comparison. The Russian state does exist as a threat in the world, and there are some unknown number of actual Russian assets doing things to serve Russian interests. There is not and never has been any truth to Nazi claims about Jewish conspiracy.