Journalists and lawyers have sued the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and its former director, Mike Pompeo, over allegations that they were placed under surveillance when they met with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy in London.
The lawsuit, filed in a New York District Court on Monday, alleges that the CIA violated their privacy rights by having their conversations recorded and data from their phones and computers copied. Plaintiffs include journalists Charles Glass and John Goetz, as well as lawyers Margaret Kunstler and Deborah Hrbek, who have represented Assange.
