"US Government Argues Julian Assange Endangered Lives with Classified Document Releases"
The US legal team argued in a High Court hearing that Julian Assange put lives at risk by releasing classified US documents through Wikileaks and should be extradited to face justice. They claimed that Assange revealed the names of sources when he released unredacted files on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, leading to serious consequences for the named sources. Assange's lawyers argued that the extradition would be against UK law due to alleged state retaliation and political motivations. The judges will rule later, and if Assange is refused permission to appeal, his only opportunity to avoid extradition is to ask the European Court of Human Rights to intervene.