The Justice Department suggested there could well be further charges
against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he is ultimately extradited
and faces federal court. Many of the details of the case against Assange are secret, and the department says they will remain so.
US Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger says that parts of the case against
Assange contain “nonpublic information about an ongoing criminal
investigation.” At least one of the documents involved in the case is
only going to be filed in a redacted form.
Assange was arrested last week in London after Ecuador withdrew his
political asylum. Terwilliger argued for keeping much of the case
secret, and the government even redacted parts of the “Reasons for
Sealing” section of the document requesting this secrecy.
This might ultimately loom large in US attempts to get him extradited.
It’s already nearly a foregone conclusion Britain will not extradite
Assange to face the death penalty, and there may be concerns that the US
would sell the extradition on an innocent charge and then throw the
book at Assange after they get ahold of him.
What Julian Assange did is NOT a crime; what Ecuador’s latest president did is. He lied about Assange’s asylum in the agency and the information he dumped. I’m happy he exposed Ecuador’s current president as a corrupt liar.
Assange is a journalist, and thus, should never have been arrested by the Brits. This is a gross violation of Press Freedom, and is producing a great amount of backlash across the world, including the US/UK. The British govt made a pledge not to extradite Assange to the US, because the US would put his life in danger. Therefore, the British govt has an obligation to keep him there. The US govt is just as dangerous to him as would be Saudi Arabia and Israel, to name a few. The DOJ won’t protect Assange from murder, which is just as bad – or even worse – than the death penalty; and he hasn’t committed anything that would call for it. He’s an Australian citizen; therefore, he can’t commit treason to any other country. If the UK’s going to send him anywhere, they should send him straight to Australia.
Somebody get Jeremy Corbyn on the phone. I’m pretty sure he’s the only English politician left with a functioning conscience.
Better yet, demand a review of the extradition request by the European court of justice… The legality of Assange”s extradition and the U.S. case against him are within European Union perview. The European Union”s bar of justice in these matters is higher than the U.K.’s