Feds, soldier’s supporter in Wikileaks case settle

Published May 30, 2013 10:43pm ET



BOSTON (AP) — The federal government has agreed to destroy all data obtained from a computer and other electronic devices seized from an outspoken advocate of an Army private accused of sending more than 700,000 classified U.S. documents to Wikileaks, the American Civil Liberties Union announced Thursday.

The settlement comes in a lawsuit in which David House accused authorities of violating his constitutional rights when he was stopped at a Chicago airport in returning home to Massachusetts from abroad. A federal judge more than a year ago refused to dismiss the lawsuit.

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