A lawyer for Julian Assange on Tuesday accused the United States of"boldly and blatantly" misstating facts about the Wikileaks founder's conduct, on the second day of his extradition hearing in Britain.
"It's difficult to conceive of a clearer example of an extradition request that boldly and blatantly misstates the facts as they are known to be to the US government," he told a packed courtroom in southeast London. Assange, wearing a grey blazer and a sweater over a collared shirt in court, grew visibly tired Tuesday after listening to hours of proceedings -- prompting judge Vanessa Baraitser to check on his condition.
WikiLeaks initially worked with newspapers to publish details from the leaked State Department and Pentagon files, which caused a sensation -- and outrage in Washington. He told the court Assange had made a phone call to the White House alerting US officials of the imminent release on various websites, allegedly warning:"Unless you do something, then people's lives are put at risk."
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