Overnight Monday, the United States finally filed the paperwork necessary to request the United Kingdom extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange so that he can stand trial for conspiracy and mishandling false information in America.
CNN reports that the U.S. barely made the June 10 deadline, submitting its full paperwork just under the wire. It’s unlikely that the United States forgot about Assange until last night, of course, and more likely that U.S. officials wanted to keep the details of their extradition request confidential for as long as possible.
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