The Trump administration's CIA was preparing plans to kidnap or assassinate their founder Wikileaks Julian Assange during his seclusion at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, according to a detailed report by Yahoo News.
The plans included abducting Assange from the embassy, thwarting a Russian attempt to capture him, or attempting to assassinate him. 
Although none of these companies were ever approved, it illustrates the intelligence services' continued obsession with Wikileaks and the site's founder.
As sources, Yahoo cites conversations with more than 30 former US officials. Among them, eight provided details of Assange's abduction plans.
The publication he describes mainly the plans made during the Trump administration, which placed fewer restrictions on the CIA. The issue was particularly heated in March 2017, when the Wikileaks has published a list of hacking tools developed by the CIA.
After this, "WikiLeaks became Pompeo obsession", Says Yahoo.
"It was a fundamental one change” when Trump took office, a former CIA official told Yahoo. "None of this crew cared about First Amendment issues."
The post confirms long-standing suspicions of tracking down Wikileaks activists, as well as spies around Assange during his time at the embassy.
"We got to the point where every person within a three-block radius of the embassy was working for one of the services intelligence," an official told Yahoo, "they were either scavengers on the street, or police officers, or security guards."
The plans were mostly blocked by lawyers working with the White House or the Ministry of Justice, who judged that any kidnapping is directly illegal. The idea of an assassination was shut down much earlier, with one official describing it as a "mere suggestion for discussion".
However, these reports are in stark contrast to President Trump's campaign statements, in which he often praised Assange and Wikileaks for their role in publishing information leaked from the Clinton campaign.
