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New York court: Spanish company and the CIA found guilty of violating rights of Julian Assange’s visitors (english.elpais.com)

submitted 10 months ago by tardigrada@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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A court in New York has ruled that UC Global and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) violated the constitutional rights and privacy of U.S. citizens when they met with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at Ecuador’s embassy in London.

Four U.S. citizens — two lawyers and two journalists — had sued former CIA Director Mike Pompeo, the CIA and David Morales, a former Special Forces soldier in the Spanish military who owned a Spanish surveillance firm that was contracted to provide security for the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

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[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 3 points 10 months ago

David Morales, a former Special Forces soldier in the Spanish military who owned a Spanish surveillance firm that was contracted to provide security for the Ecuadorian Embassy in London

To be clear: when they say Morales, they're talking about the Spanish for-profit surveillance guy, not to be confused with the president of Bolivia Evo Morales.

For a second I thought this was a back stab by Latin America, whew. Nope, just the US doing its illicit shenanigans.