WikiLeaks' Assange Hopes To Exit London Embassy "Soon"

Posted by samzenpus on Monday August 18, 2014 @04:50AM from the leaving-the-building dept.

An anonymous reader writes Julian Assange has hosted a press conference in which he indicated he is soon about to leave the embassy of Ecuador in London. From the article: "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has spent over two years in Ecuador's London embassy to avoid a sex crimes inquiry in Sweden, said on Monday he planned to leave the building 'soon', but Britain signaled it would still arrest him if he tried. Assange made the surprise assertion during a news conference alongside Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino. But his spokesman played down the chances of an imminent departure, saying the British government would first need to revise its position and let him leave without arrest, something it has repeatedly refused to do.

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Re:How many years could he be charged with? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-08-18 05:14 · Score: 0, Flamebait

It's always interesting when the left becomes misogynistic in order to defend their guy.
Re:Diplomatic pouch? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-08-18 05:33 · Score: 0, Flamebait

You are aware that the U.S.A. had the Bolivian president plane downed in Vienna because they suspected Snowden on board?