Assange ‘removed bad stuff’

WikiLeaks withheld 15,000 documents about the Afghanistan war to protect innocent people, the Old Bailey heard. Former Der Spiegel reporter John Goetz told Julian Assange’s extradition hearing that WikiLeaks was ‘removing bad stuff’ to ensure no one was put at risk. Assange, 49, is wanted in the US for allegedly conspiring with army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to expose military secrets between January and May 2010. The US claim the WikiLeaks founder published un-redacted names of US informants living in…