The officials told investigative program Yah oo News that C i a officials had also discussed the man's execution, but there were concerns about how the law could be enforced.
Senior members of the Donald Trump administration have voiced concerns about the move, officials say.
The news has been widely reported in the Western media for the past 24 hours, including the New York Times.
Yah oo first released the news early Sunday morning.
According to a Yah oo report, the proposal was made by then-C i a director Mike Pompeo, who later became Donald Trump's secretary of state.
Some officials were of great concern, even feeling compelled to inform members of the U.S. House of Congress.
More than 30 former officials have been quoted as saying that the latest information indicates that an assassination attempt was made on Assange.
The C i a was outraged by the release of thousands of documents about US military data and diplomatic relations published on Wikileaks, which it revealed.
As a result, senior members of the agency have applied for "permission" to assassinate Assange, according to the investigation.
One senior counterterrorism official said he recalled that at the time, the situation was "extremely tense", especially during talks with senior members of the Trump administration in 2017.
The debate began when Wik ileaks published Vault Seven - a leaked piece of information about how the C i a intended to hack into Ap ple and Andr oid.
Wik ileaks revealed at the time that the US government was trying to hack into the data of iP hone, Go ogle, Andr oid phones and Sa msung TVs without permission.
Trump responds
Former United States President Donald Trump has denied allegations made by Yah oo that he assassinated WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Trump said the information was baseless.
Assange was previously sentenced to 50 weeks in Belmarsh prison, south-east London, after being found guilty in April of violating bail conditions.
He was detained at the Ecuadorian embassy, where he arrived in 2012 as an asylum seeker, to avoid being extradited to Sweden on rape charges, which he has denied.
The officials told investigative program Yah oo News that C i a officials had also discussed the man's execution, but there were concerns about how the law could be enforced. Senior members of the Donald Trump administration have voiced concerns about the move, officials say. The news has been widely reported in the Western media for the past 24 hours, including the New York Times. Yah oo first released the news early Sunday morning. According to a Yah oo report, the proposal was made by then-C i a director Mike Pompeo, who later became Donald Trump's secretary of state. Some officials were of great concern, even feeling compelled to inform members of the U.S. House of Congress. More than 30 former officials have been quoted as saying that the latest information indicates that an assassination attempt was made on Assange.
The C i a was outraged by the release of thousands of documents about US military data and diplomatic relations published on Wikileaks, which it revealed. As a result, senior members of the agency have applied for "permission" to assassinate Assange, according to the investigation. One senior counterterrorism official said he recalled that at the time, the situation was "extremely tense", especially during talks with senior members of the Trump administration in 2017. The debate began when Wik ileaks published Vault Seven - a leaked piece of information about how the C i a intended to hack into Ap ple and Andr oid. Wik ileaks revealed at the time that the US government was trying to hack into the data of iP hone, Go ogle, Andr oid phones and Sa msung TVs without permission.
Trump responds Former United States President Donald Trump has denied allegations made by Yah oo that he assassinated WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Trump said the information was baseless. Assange was previously sentenced to 50 weeks in Belmarsh prison, south-east London, after being found guilty in April of violating bail conditions. He was detained at the Ecuadorian embassy, where he arrived in 2012 as an asylum seeker, to avoid being extradited to Sweden on rape charges, which he has denied.
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