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Julian Assange tried to contact Hillary Clinton and the White House when he realized that unredacted U.S. diplomatic cables given to WikiLeaks were about to be dumped on the internet, his lawyer told his London extradition hearing on Tuesday. Assange is being sought by the United States on 18 counts of hacking U.S. government computers and an espionage offense, having allegedly conspired with Chelsea Manning, then a U.S. soldier known as Bradley Manning, to leak hundreds of thousands of secret documents by WikiLeaks almost a decade ago. On Monday, the lawyer representing the United States told the hearing that Assange,...

Adrian Lamo, the computer hacker who reported Chelsea Manning to authorities for sharing classified documents with WikiLeaks, was found dead in an apartment in Wichita, Kansas, last week, according to local reports. Lamo, whose cause of death has yet to be reported but has been deemed unsuspicious by police, was 37, the Wichita Eagle reported. “With great sadness and a broken heart I have to let know all of Adrian’s friends and [acquaintances] that he is dead,” his father, Mario Lamo, posted on Facebook on Friday. “A bright mind and compassionate soul is gone, he was my beloved son.” Lamo...

<p>August 27, 2003 -- JERUSALEM - Israeli helicopter gunships last night fired missiles at a car carrying the commander of rocket development for Hamas, but missed and killed a 65-year-old Palestinian water-pipe vendor riding on a donkey. One of the missiles hit the front of the Renault carrying Hamas big Khaled Masoud, but he and an aide managed to flee to safety.</p>

Israeli helicopters fired three missiles at a target in Gaza City on Tuesday evening, according to Palestinian sources quoted by news agencies. Initial reports said that at least 15 people were wounded in the attack. Unconfirmed reports said that the shells targetted a car of a Hamas operative. Israel said last week that all Hamas activists were considered "legitimate targets."

<p>August 25, 2003 -- JERUSALEM - Israeli missiles killed a Hamas commander and three other militants yesterday, hours after a top general vowed to hunt down the terror group's "hard core."</p> <p>Israeli helicopter gunships swooped down on a Gaza City suburb last night and fired a rocket at a car carrying Ahmed Shatawi, 24, the head of Hamas activities in the West Bank, officials said.</p>

Israeli helicopters fired at least three missiles at an unidentified target in Gaza City on Sunday, witnesses said. The IDF has confirmed that there was an attack in Gaza. According to sources in Al-Shiffa Hospital in Gaza, four were killed, one person critically injured and several more injured lightly. Hamas supporters identified two of the bodies as Hamas members Ahmed Aishtawi and Wahid Hamaf. The attack occurred near the Presidential Headquarters, which is near both the "Beach" refugee camp and a station housing Force 17, Arafat's personal bodyguard. Palestinian Television reported that the attack was on a civilian car. The...