Judge: Assange visitors can proceed with spying suit against CIA

 (Remember this? Not that long ago. Two journalists and two attorneys sued the CIA because their assets, UC Global, contracted with handling Julian Assange at the embassy in London, were caught stealing data and putting tracking devises on their phones when they met with Julian at the honey pot location. Julian was, is and always will be an intelligence agency asset. Notice Julian Assange didn't file any lawsuit against the CIA or UC Global for supposedly spying on HIM. Gee... I wonder why)

from Politico

A lawsuit journalists and allies of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange brought against the CIA advanced in federal court Tuesday after a federal judge turned down a bid by the spy agency to toss out the case.

Manhattan-based U.S. District Court Judge John Koeltl ruled four Americans who visited Assange while he was holed up at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London several years ago can proceed with their suit over allegations that a security contractor gave the CIA data copied from their phones during those visits.

In his 27-page decision, Koeltl rejected portions of the Assange visitors lawsuit filed last year that alleged the CIA violated their rights by eavesdropping on conversations at the embassy and by obtaining copies of their passports.

However, Koeltl said accessing the contents of their phones — if that occurred — invaded the visitors’ privacy rights under the U.S. Constitution.

“The misconduct alleged is a violation of the plaintiffs’ reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of their electronic devices under the Fourth Amendment,” the judge wrote...

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