Assange not first to publish US secrets

By Henry Vaughan
Updated September 21 2020 - 10:26pm, first published 10:24pm
A dancer performs in protest at London's Old Bailey during Julian Assange's extradition trial.
A dancer performs in protest at London's Old Bailey during Julian Assange's extradition trial.

The US government is wrong to charge WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with publishing unredacted classified documents because they had already appeared online, a London court has heard.

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