Assange put lives at risk with his crimes, lawyer for US tells court
A lawyer for the United States has told a London court Julian Assange is wanted for crimes that risked the lives of people who have helped the West and journalism is no excuse for criminality.
Judge Vanessa Baraitser, speaking above chanting of"free free Julian Assange" from supporters outside, cautioned that anyone causing a disturbance would be removed.The United States' lawyer, James Lewis, told the court that Assange should be extradited to stand trial for crimes including hacking, and for disseminating unredacted material that had put at risk the lives of informants, journalists, dissidents and others in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan.
Mr Lewis sought to make clear that Assange was not wanted because he had embarrassed the United States but because he had broken the law and put lives at risk.
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