On June 17, the British Home Secretary approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, a move that caused widespread controversy among the British public, and WikiLeaks said it would appeal to the British Supreme Court.
In January 2021, a British judge ruled that Assange should not be extradited to the United States, citing his "mental health problems." ”
However, by 10 December 2021, the UK Supreme Court ruled that Assange would be extradited to the United States. The reasons for this decision have not yet been reported, is Assange's "mental health problem" good?
On March 14, 2022, the Supreme Court ruled that Assange's appeal against his refusal to be extradited to the United States would not be accepted! In other words, Assange's next extradition to the United States is just a process.
From Assange's arrest by the British side in April 2019 to the US application for extradition in June 2019, it has been exactly the past 3 years, the attitude of the UK has been wavering, and the current extradition situation has been very clear, which shows that the pressure exerted by the US side is increasing.
At this point in time, the intention of extraditing Assange and the United States to "demine" is very obvious.
As we all know, former US President Trump, after winning the 2016 election, frequently reported the "Russiagate" incident. Assange, as if it were difficult to clear the relationship with the incident, in April 2019, a month after the release of the "Russiagate" investigation report, Ecuador revoked his political asylum to Assange, and shortly thereafter, Assange, who had long sought political asylum at the British Embassy in Ecuador, was arrested by the British police.
Assange, for the United States, is "very important."
In July 2010, WikiLeaks revealed more than 90,000 classified documents of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, enough to make Assange a legend.
In 2009, the newly appointed US President Barack Obama announced an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan, and in 2010, the US military in Afghanistan reached a peak of 100,000. Subsequently, after 2011, the United States gradually withdrew its troops from Afghanistan.
Assange let Obama, disgraced.
That is to say, it is difficult for both Obama and Trump to comment on Assange as a person. And as a former Obama deputy, the current PRESIDENT of the United States, Biden, must know the strength of Assange.
At this time, it is very necessary to speed up the pace of extradition of Assange, because at present, there are two major events biden do not want any accidents to happen.
First, the 2022 US midterm elections, and second, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
And these two major events are in a critical period, and the two sides of the midterm elections have entered a white-hot period; The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has also entered an important moment.
According to the latest news, Ukrainian negotiators said that they planned to resume negotiations with Russia by the end of August. The reason for the time window of more than two months is related to the rhythm of us interest rate hikes, and it is also related to the US midterm elections.
As Idle Finance had previously judged, at least until October, U.S. inflation must have a clear downward trend, because November is the midterm elections.
The means to contain inflation are nothing more than aggressive interest rate hikes and oil prices falling by the Federal Reserve, and September is likely to be the last too fast interest rate hike in 2022, and the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations are at the end of August, and Biden obviously hopes that there will be a significant effect on curbing inflation.
So, at this time, for Biden, there must be no accidents.
What kind of accidents are difficult for him to control?
Assange's "WikiLeaks" is probably going to have to be a special focus.
For Britain, the continued detention of Assange is a bit unjustified.
It's interesting that back in December 2010, Assange was wanted by Interpol for "rape and sexual harassment, not U.S. military secrets."
At that time, Assange, who was in England, turned himself in to the London police. He fled on bail and began his life in exile.
Eventually, Assange sought political asylum in Ecuador in 2012 and hid at the British Embassy. Ecuador dared to grant asylum without looking at the United States because the Manta Air Base, which was once leased to the United States, was not renewed after it expired in September 2009. Relations between the United States and Ecuador began to deteriorate.
More interestingly, in November 2019, Swedish prosecutors dropped an investigation into allegations of alleged sexual assault against Assange.
That is to say, for now, the United Kingdom has no reason to continue to detain Assange, and if Assange is freed, there may be more shocking news to be released, and this "hack robin Hood" will make some people shudder.
In summary, for Biden, it is not only necessary to extradite Assange to the United States, but also to do it as soon as possible!