Secret documents of the NSA and the British serviceGCHQ reveal for the first time how the governments of the two countries 'targeted' it Wikileaks and other activist groups with tactics that vary, ranging from monitoring and even prosecutions, according to a report by The Intercept
These efforts, as described in the documents that came to light in the context of the Snowdon affair, allegedly included a broad international pressure campaign that did not focus only on its founder Wikileaks, Julian Asandj, but also in the "human network" that supports it Wikileaks. The same documents also include discussions of "targeting" her by clicking hereof file sharing Pirate Bay, as well as "hacktivist" collectives such as Anonymous.
Indeed, according to one of GCHQ's documents, the service used its systems to watch secret Wikileaks visitors.
"The NSA and her British partner, Mrs GCHQ they also spied WikiLeaks and its readers, "the site added, citing another document by Edward Schoonen.
"THE WikiLeaks strongly condemns the wanton and illegal behavior of the National Intelligence Service. We Call on the Obama Administration to Appoint a Special Counsel to Investigate the Scope of the NSA's Criminal Activity Against the Media informations, especially of WikiLeaks" underlined the website of which Assange was one of the founders, in the same announcement.
The site WikiLeaks, who specializes in publishing confidential documents, said that "the NSA and its British counterparts do not show any respect for the rule of law."
WikiLeaks also states that "no entity, including the NSA, should be allowed to act impunity against journalists."
The site said he asked Spanish former judge Baltasar Gartagone, who has taken the defense of Asanz and WikiLeaks, to prepare "the right answer".
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