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LIVE UPDATES | WikiLeaks founder Julian #Assange's extradition hearing day 7 sptnkne.ws/DEsv

@wikileaks @DefendAssange
UPDATE: Who are the defence witnesses today?

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MORE: John Goetz describes lengthy redaction process WikiLeaks engaged in with the Afghanistan diaries, the Iraq war logs and the diplomatic cables

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UPDATE: Defence witness remembers Assange stressing the need to encrypt chats

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UPDATE: Goetz admits the material was 'sensitive'

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UPDATE: The volume of data we were dealing with was huge, defence witness says

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MORE: We were looking for sensitive names not to be harmed, Goetz says

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UPDATE: Witness: Assange explained the harm minimisation process

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MORE: John Goetz says team they cooperated with was based in Washington

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UPDATE: The White House asked for redactions, defence witness says

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UPDATE: Goetz: WikiLeaks agreed to redact 15,000 documents

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UPDATE: Witness comments on whether he knew about some names 'getting through the net'

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UPDATE: Goetz offers more detal about the redaction process

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MORE: Why was publication of the Iraq war logs delayed?

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UPDATE: The process was similar with the diplomatic cables, Goetz says

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UPDATE: Cross-examination: Witness asked about publication of previously redacted files

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MORE: Hearing paused for 10-minute break

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UPDATE: Goetz's testimony is over

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MORE: Discussion about whether CIA torture victim's statement should be read publicly

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UPDATE: Lives of government informants were not put at risk, investigative journo says during Assange's extradition hearing

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MORE: WikiLeaks editor-in-chief comments on publication of unredacted diplomatic cables

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UPDATE: The prosecution opposed Al Masri's statement to be read out

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MORE: Amnesty International says denied access to #Assange extradition trial

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UPDATE: Assange's supporters go creative

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UPDATE: Human rights watchdog repeatedly denied permission to attend #Assange extradition hearing

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UPDATE: Pentagon Papers whistleblower Ellsberg is about to testify

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UPDATE: 'No one since me has gotten a fair trial', Ellsberg says

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UPDATE: Ellsberg about addressing his motives during his own trial

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MORE: Witness comments on 'collateral murder' video

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UPDATE: Ellsberg explained in more detail what charges #Assange has been facing

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UPDATE: Witness answers questions about the Pentagon papers' publication

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UPDATE: What harm have informants faced following WikiLeaks publications?

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UPDATE: Ellsberg: I find government highly cynical

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MORE: Assange opposes suggestion he was putting lives at risk

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UPDATE: Ellsberg on charges against #Assange and those once made against himself

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MORE: Court adjourned until 10 AM Thursday

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UPDATE: Ellsberg on Pentagon Papers

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MORE: John Rees of WikiLeaks official 'don't extradite Assange' campaign comments on Ellsberg's testimony

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UPDATE: The witness testimony was 'very strong', says Rebecca Vincent of 'Reporters Without Borders'

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