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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Lawsuit alleges CIA got phone contents from Assange visitors

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Two lawyers and two journalists are suing the CIA, saying the agency violated their constitutional rights when it obtained copies of the contents of their electronic devices and helped enable the recording of their meetings with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during the latter part of his seven-year stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

The plaintiffs seek compensatory and punitive damages in a lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan federal court.

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