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| Journalists File Lawsuit Against CIA Over Alleged Spying While They Met With Julian Assange |
| 2022-08-17 |
| [ZERO] A group of journalists and lawyers that previously worked with Julian Assange and WikiLeaks who say they were illegally spied on by US intelligence are suing the CIA and its former head Mike Pompeo. "The United States Constitution shields American citizens from U.S. government overreach even when the activities take place in a foreign embassy in a foreign country," lead attorney for the plaintiffs, Richard Roth, said Monday in filing the lawsuit. "The lawsuit said that CIA under Pompeo violated the privacy rights of those American journalists and lawyers by allegedly spying on them," Reuters reports of the legal action. "The plaintiffs include journalists Charles Glass and John Goetz and attorneys Margaret Kunstler and Deborah Hrbek, who have represented Assange." Then CIA director under President Trump, Mike Pompeo, is at the center of the legal action and allegations. As is their normative practice, the CIA isn't commenting publicly on the lawsuit - but it's widely known and established that the CIA is barred by US laws from spying domestically or on US citizens. The CIA's mandate, along with the rest of the US intelligence community, or IC, is exclusively foreign, with multiple scandals uncovered by 1970s into 1980s Congressional hearings (the Church Committee being foremost), resulting in attempts at greater legal safeguards to protect Americans as well as reign in major unapproved clandestine operations. Related: Julian Assange: 2022-07-31 Julian Assange: The threat of extradition and politics behind it (video) Julian Assange: 2022-06-18 France leftist leader promises WikiLeaks founder citizenship Julian Assange: 2022-03-04 ‘Putin's Days Are Numbered': John Brennan Speculates About The Fall Of Putin In The Near Future Related: Mike Pompeo: 2022-08-13 'The murder plots on US soil inspired by Tehran: John Bolton, Mike Pompeo and a Brooklyn dissident have been 'targeted for assassination by Iran' in recent weeks - as Salman Rushdie fights for his life after stabbing attack Mike Pompeo: 2022-08-12 DOJ Unseals Charges Showing Iranian Assets Stalked Trump Admin Officials on U.S. Soil Mike Pompeo: 2022-08-11 US charges Iranian Guards member with plot to murder ex-White House official Bolton |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 (A) Are they seriously saying that the CIA wasn't spying under Obama...? and... (B) Foreign country, foreign person (Julian Assange) and multi-national NGOs .... what exactly are they |
| Posted by: magpie 2022-08-17 17:48 |