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Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London
Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London
The troubling revelations are part of a criminal complaint filed by NDR against Undercover Global, a Spanish security company contracted by the Ecuadorian government to film and review guests at their embassy in London.
The firm is accused of using the commission to carry out a vast spying operation targeting the WikiLeaks co-founder, who sought political asylum in the embassy for seven years before his hosts handed him over to British authorities. The German broadcaster claims to have a huge cache of documents detailing the illegal surveillance operation - which also targeted NDR journalists who visited Assange.
Former employees of Undercover Global said that the company's CEO, David Morales, didn't try to hide his ties to the US government. Upon returning from a trip to the United States, Morales allegedly told one of his employees: "From now on, we play in the first league... We are now working for the dark side." He is said to have traveled up to twice a month to the States to deliver materials taken from the Ecuadorian Embassy.
When asked by colleagues who his "American friends" were, Morales reportedly replied: "the US Secret Service."
Incredibly, a lawyer from Undercover Global acknowledged to NDR that the company works with US intelligence agencies - but denied any wrongdoing at the Ecuadorian Embassy.
Government agencies in the US and Ecuador declined to comment on the criminal complaint.
