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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2025
US calls Julian Assange actions dangerous even as judge notes no victims

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Reuters
27 June, 2024, 09:30 am
Last modified: 27 June, 2024, 09:35 am

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US calls Julian Assange actions dangerous even as judge notes no victims

A State Department spokesperson was repeatedly asked by reporters to give examples of harm caused by the WikiLeaks releases but did not provide any. The spokesperson said the department's involvement in the resolution of Assange's case was very limited

Reuters
27 June, 2024, 09:30 am
Last modified: 27 June, 2024, 09:35 am
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures as he arrives in Canberra, Australia, June 26, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Edgar Su
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures as he arrives in Canberra, Australia, June 26, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Edgar Su

The US State Department said on Wednesday that Julian Assange's actions put lives at risk even as the judge who accepted the WikiLeaks founder's guilty plea to resolve his case noted that no victims had been identified.

A State Department spokesperson was repeatedly asked by reporters to give examples of harm caused by the WikiLeaks releases but did not provide any. The spokesperson said the department's involvement in the resolution of Assange's case was very limited.

Assange landed to an ecstatic welcome in Australia on Wednesday after pleading guilty to violating US espionage law in a deal that sets him free from a 14-year legal battle.

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Chief US District Judge Ramona V Manglona in the US territory of Saipan accepted Assange's guilty plea on Wednesday. Assange had agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal count, according to filings in the US District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.

While Washington has often called Assange's actions reckless and claimed they put its agents at risk, the judge noted that the United States could not identify any personal victim from them.

"There's another significant fact - the government has indicated there is no personal victim here. That tells me the dissemination of this information did not result in any known physical injury," the judge said.

The State Department spokesperson reiterated the US position when asked about the judge's comments.

Assange's supporters say he is a hero who was victimised because he exposed US wrongdoing and alleged war crimes, including in conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq in a 2010 publication of documents.

"The State Department did an extraordinary amount of work when we found out that these cables were going to be published to get people out of harm's way," the department's spokesperson said.

The State Department said the Justice Department acted independently in the case.

The spokesperson added that there was some limited coordination between the State Department and the Australian government recently.

"There was some small coordination role between our embassy and the Australian government just in the past few days but this was other than that a law-enforcement matter handled through law-enforcement channels," he told reporters.

Australia had been advocating for the release of Assange, an Australian citizen. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had lobbied for years to free the WikiLeaks founder.

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