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In reply to the discussion: Vivienne Westwood uses London Fashion Week to declare support for Assange [View all]AntiFascist
(12,792 posts)that there is an ongoing US investigation of Assange and Wikileaks. Assange, his lawyers, and the Ecuadorian officials are all on record as stating that the real issue is whether the US will choose to request his extradition while he is being detained in Sweden. You can argue until you are blue in the face what might be going on in his head. I am presenting the facts as they are being reported.
Assange can wait it out at least until after the election, then Obama can decide whether to prosecute and it won't hurt his chances of getting elected (assuming he is still president). The Administration claims that the more time goes by, the less likely it will be for him to be prosecuted, so it is in his best interests to wait it out as long as possible. These are all reported facts. You can speculate about them all you want.