This Julian Assange business is, I believe, far more important than the US media are willing to openly admit, lest they lose their access to government sources. If anyone, they should be up in arms, but no. As a result, I don't expect the Common Folk have much interest in the proceedings, and have no idea how much is at stake. If the government can prosecute/persecute Assange - who isn't even a US citizen - for doing his job as a responsible journalist, they can put a muzzle by threat of imprisonment on anyone who dares to oppose or expose government policy/actions.
I could be wrong of course, but I fully expect the poor sap to be on a US military flight to the Land of the Free & the Home of the Brave by the end of the week, despite the presence of a treaty with the UK that specifically bars extradition of anyone accused of political offences.
Why? Because of the much ballyhooed "special relationship" between the US and the UK, which is much the same as that between master and lap dog.
A Note About Justice in the UK: By law, anything can be declared to be "Top Secret" thereby eliminating any testimony which might be harmful to the prosecution's case.
Again, I could be wrong, but I can’t help feeling Julian Assange’s appeal against being extradited to the US has about the same chance as a Republican did of becoming mayor of Chicago during the Daley years.
a few weeks ago the host of this program made a serious, important, point (something related to Amerikan foreign policy?) noting that commentary would be risky in a setting where there's a shortage of information - I, too have wondered about Mr Assange,, but wondered whether publicly available info was accurate, and if I've seen enough of it to understand that he's "just a pawn" or he's a hero, or he's actively in-league w/ the Red Bear. I don't even know if the news coverage of poor-guest-behavior whilst sheltering in the Honduran Embassy, is accurate.