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Wikileaks documents caused no harm to US informants, Assange extradition hearing told
Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg tells court Wikileak revelations are ‘amongst the most important truthful revelations of hidden criminal state behaviour that have been made public’
Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange take part in a protest outside the Old Bailey

HUNDREDS of thousands of leaked documents published by Wikileaks caused no harm to US informants, Julian Assange’s extradition hearing was told today.

Investigative journalist John Goetz, who worked with Wikileaks while at news website Der Spiegel in Germany, said: “I don’t know of any case of anyone coming to harm from the publication of the diplomatic cables.

“This question of harm was the central issue in the Chelsea Manning trial and, as far as I know, I don’t know of any case of any specific incident where harm has been shown from the release of the documents.”

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