Even so, Assanges efforts to appeal his extradition had been denied until Mondays ruling.
Those documents included a video of U.S. war crimes in Iraq.
The thinking goes that giving instructions on how to hack computers is not protected speech under the First Amendment.
A protester stands outside the High Court in London, Monday, May 20, 2024.Photo: Kin Cheung (AP)
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