US prosecutors have drawn up secret charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a confidential email cited by media on Wednesday said, as his lawyer demanded Australia start protecting him.

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Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks on Monday began publishing more than five million confidential emails from US-based intelligence firm Stratfor, the anti-secrecy group said.

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In view of the terror alert issued by Stratfor, a US-based think tank, the government has roped in army specialists to operate jammers and signal decryption equipment at Commonwealth Games venues.

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