Court hears Assange bugging claims in secret

Julian Assange has claimed his rooms at the Ecuadorian embassy were bugged by the security forces in a secret court hearing. The 48-year-old is fighting extradition to the US to stand trial for conspiring with army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to expose military secrets between January and May 2010. White haired Assange is appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today (fri) via video-link from maximum-security Belmarsh Prison in southeast London. It is understood the former Wikileaks editor gave evidence about matters…