Julian Assange through the years residing in the Ecuadorian embassy.
WASHINGTON – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested Thursday to face a U.S. charge that he conspired to hack military computers after Ecuador's government ended his seven years of self-imposed exile and expelled him from its London embassy.
In a British court Thursday, Judge Michael Snow issued a guilty verdict against Assange for breaching his bail conditions. Assange, who appeared in the Westminster Magistrates' Court where his supporters packed the public gallery, faces a sentence of up to 12 months in for the conviction.The arrest followed months of carefully orchestrated diplomatic maneuvering by the Ecuadorian government that had long soured on its relationship with Assange.
That process can be a lengthy one. He will be entitled to a hearing in London where he can dispute the U.S. request. "What he’s going to do is to say that the extradition request is entirely political and its intention is to punish him for Wikileaks," said John Hardy, a London-based lawyer who specializes in extradition.
Prosecutors said Assange also encouraged Manning to look for more classified information to disclose. On March 7, 2010, Manning and Assange discussed the Guantanamo records, according to the indictment. Manning told Assange the next day that “after this upload, that’s all I really have got left” the indictment said. Assange replied, “curious eyes never run dry in my experience," the indictment said.
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