In Lawsuit Against Spying On Assange Visitors, CIA Will Invoke ‘State Secrets Privilege’
The CIA has perfected the art of thwarting this type of lawsuit by invoking the protection of “state secrets.”
Editor’s Note: Publication of the next entry in the 10-part “Countdown To Day X” series was delayed to cover this news.
The CIA plans to invoke the “state secrets privilege” to block a lawsuit against the agency for allegedly spying on Americans, who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange while he was living under political asylum in Ecuador’s London embassy.
In December, United States Judge John Koeltl dismissed multiple claims brought by four American attorneys and journalists against the CIA. But Koeltl also determined that the Americans had grounds to sue the CIA for violating their “reasonable expectation of privacy” under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
The Americans alleged that the CIA and CIA Director Mike Pompeo directed UC Global, a Spanish security company, to carry out a spying operation against Assange. The security company copied the contents of their electronic devices and provided the data to the CIA.
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