Julian Assange
A court in the UK has heard that Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange tried to phone the White House to warn them unredacted files were about to be published online.
Mr. Assange is fighting extradition to the US to face trial over the leaking of classified US military documents.
His lawyer dismissed claims he knowingly put lives at risk by publishing the names of informants.
He told Woolwich Crown Court that a book by the Guardian newspaper was to blame for the names being published.
Those suggestions have been rejected by the Guardian.
The claims came on the second day of the extradition hearing for Mr. Assange, who is accused of conspiring to hack into US military databases to acquire sensitive secret information, which was then published on the Wikileaks website.
Lawyers for Mr. Assange claim the US charges are politically motivated.
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