Video link request from September finally granted
Julian Assange will be interviewed via video link by a judge investigating claims that a Spanish company orchestrated a spying operation against him while he resided in the Ecuadorian embassy.
The request, made in September, was granted last week. Assange will be taken to Westminster Magistrates' Court on 20 December to be questioned as a witness.
Judge José de la Mata wants to talk to the WikiLeaks founder about allegations that a Spanish security company snooped on him and his lawyers via hidden microphones while they were preparing his defence to extradition proceedings.
The company, UC Global, is also accused of passing on this information to Ecuadorian and US intelligence agencies.
De la Mata sent the European Investigation Order in September but it was originally blocked, according to judge interview assange claims spanish security snooped during ecuador embassy stint
