Friday, June 19, 2015

Assange Refuge: 3 Years in Embassy, Policing Costs about £11,000 a Day


Three years ago today, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walked into Ecuador's embassy in London to seek political asylum. The Australian's been there ever since. If he leaves the building, Assange could be arrested and, he fears, eventually extradited to the US to face charges over the release of military documents which deeply-embarrassed Washington.