WikiLeaks was ‘not the primary publisher of diplomatic cables’

WikiLeaks could do nothing to keep more than 250,000 diplomatic cables secret after Guardian journalist David Leigh published the password in his book, the Old Bailey heard. Computer science professor Christian Grothoff insisted WikiLeaks was not the ‘primary publisher’ of the un-redacted cables during his evidence at Julian Assange’s extradition hearing. The WikiLeaks founder, 49, is wanted in the US for allegedly conspiring with army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to expose military secrets between January and May 2010. Wearing headphones…