Assange's lawyers argue that he was acting as a journalist and is entitled to First Amendment freedom of speech protections for publishing documents that exposed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Qareenada Assange waxay ku doodayaan inuu u shaqeynayay suxufiyad wuxuuna xaq u leeyahay in la ilaaliyo hadalka xorta ah ee wax ka bedelka koowaad ee daabacaadda dukumiintiyada muujinaya khaladaadka militariga Mareykanka ee Ciraaq iyo Afghanistan.