{"id":19704,"date":"2017-01-19T06:23:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T06:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=19704"},"modified":"2017-01-19T06:24:17","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T06:24:17","slug":"wikileaks-assange-backpedals-on-extradition-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/wikileaks-assange-backpedals-on-extradition-promise.html","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks Assange backpedals on extradition promise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"Justify\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">WikiLeaks Assange backpedals on extradition promise<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Self-exiled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is backpedaling on an offer to accept extradition to the United States, a lawyer representing him has told reporters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Last week, Assange said through WikiLeaks that if President Obama granted clemency to Manning, a soldier convicted of sharing secrets with WikiLeaks, he would leave his exile home at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and return to the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">But a lawyer for Assange says Assange wanted Manning released immediately. President Obama directed that Manning be released in May.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ case <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MZU30SlfGK\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/MZU30SlfGK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks\/status\/819630102787059713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Mr. Assange had called for Chelsea Manning to receive clemency and be released immediately,&#8221; lawyer Barry Pollack told The Hill via an e-mail. &#8220;Mr. Assange welcomes the announcement that Ms. Manning&#8217;s sentence will be reduced and she will be released in May, but this is well short of what he sought.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Pollack did not respond to an e-mail sent to him Wednesday evening. Another Assange lawyer, Melinda Taylor out of The Hague, Netherlands, did not respond to a query via Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Assange has not been charged with a crime but could be charged for leaking U.S. government secrets. He also is wanted by Swedish authorities for sexual assault.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">The computer programmer and journalist is a native of Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"USA TODAY - Embed Player\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/videos\/embed\/96537588\/?fullsite=true><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2017\/01\/18\/reports-wikileaks-assange-backpedals-extradition-promise\/96751106\/<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/wikileaks-assange-backpedals-on-extradition-promise.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WikiLeaks Assange backpedals on extradition promise Self-exiled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is backpedaling on an offer to accept extradition to the United States, a lawyer representing him has told reporters. 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