Australia 'helps US target WikiLeaks staff'

THE Federal Government is providing the US with information about Australians working with the whisteblowing group WikiLeaks, its founder Julian Assange says.

Mr Assange claims Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Attorney-General Robert McClelland are merely "pretending" to be hands off because Australians strongly support WikiLeaks.

In an interview with SBS's Dateline, Mr Assange says the public must know about any cooperation between the Australian government and overseas authorities.

"There is assistance to the US - and that needs to come out," he says in the interview.



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There was an interesting Panorama BBC documentary on last night on WikiLeaks and secrets. Ive posted the link in Janeys breaking news.

Also if you keep an eye on Europe room, Luna and myself have been keeping an eye on Julian Assanges extradition court case.