US considered 'kidnapping or poisoning' Assange inside UK Ecuadorian Embassy, lawyers say
by Spencer Neale
| February 25, 2020 03:03 PM
A London court heard how the United States considered using Spanish private detectives to poison WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during his seven years of asylum inside the United Kingdom's Ecuadorian Embassy.
Human rights lawyer Edward Fitzgerald, arguing against the extradition of Assange to the U.S., said Monday that the U.S. intelligence community plotted to kill the WikiLeaks founder after he released 250,000 top-secret U.S. Department of State cables, according to the Daily Mail. The plot to murder Assange was exposed by a mysterious Iberian whistleblower who told investigators that U.S. authorities were in contact with a Spanish private security firm that helped target audio and video devices inside London's Ecuadorian Embassy.
"There were conversations about whether there should be more extreme measures contemplated, such as kidnapping or poisoning Julian Assange in the embassy," said Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald argued David Morales, a former Spanish military officer who bought a yacht from one of President Trump's financial backers, Sheldon Adelson, agreed to "provide information gathered about Mr. Assange to the dark side — in other words, U.S. intelligence agencies."
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