New York judge invokes state secrets privilege to prevent disclosure of Spanish company’s espionage against Assange
A court in Manhattan dismisses a lawsuit by American journalists and lawyers against the CIA over a covert operation revealed by EL PAÍS
A New York judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of journalists and lawyers against the CIA and David Morales, a Spanish security contractor whose company UC Global spied on Julian Assange during his seven years living inside Ecuador’s embassy in London. In his decision, Judge John G. Koeltl said the CIA could invoke the state secrets privilege, citing “serious national security repercussions for the United States” if the agency were forced to reveal whether it gathered intelligence in a foreign embassy.
