Court rules that Julian Assange be extradited to Sweden . Ex - hacker glad for court ruling ##s , despite Assange 's big ego . Lamo is the California ex-hacker who claimed in the summer of 2010 that U.S. soldier Bradley Manning confessed to him in online chats that Manning had leaked classified wartime documents to WikiLeaks . Daniel Ellsberg , Pentagon Papers leaker , praises Assange as a ` ` . '' First Amendment group : This ruling could hurt America .
Court rules that Julian Assange be extradited to Sweden . Ex - hacker glad for court ruling ##s , despite Assange 's big ego . Daniel Ellsberg , Pentagon Papers leaker , praises Assange as a ` ` . '' First Amendment group : This ruling could hurt America .