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So why is the US requesting extradition now? He has not been arrested in relation to the rape allegations.


It's for an alleged "conspiracy to commit computer intrusion" with Chelsea Manning where the US claims he helped Manning get access to a passphrase so they could get some more documents[1]. We found out -- though it was criminally under-reported -- in 2018 that a case had been filed by the DOJ[2], but it's now public.

[1]: https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/wikileaks-founder-julian... [2]: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/nov/16/julian-assange...


No, I mean that the US doesn't have any more of a "politically safe" reason for extraditing him than it ever did, so far as I can see.




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