US intelligence sources discussed poisoning Julian Assange, court told (theguardian.com)

It certainly has been tried before. Castro got an excellent package of poison cigars from the intelligence community during his rule.

It predictably didn't succeed.

A "Source" eh??... Why would they poison him? To what end? That's from the Putin playbook, not the Wests.

Under what legal doctrine would be poisoning Assange be legal?