Revealed: US plans to charge Assange

[Matilda]

60. (Australian) Greens call for details on secret Assange charges

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam wants Prime Minister Julia Gillard to say whether the Government will defend the 40-year old Australian against possible extradition to the US.

"The Australian Government needs to take a very straight line on this with the Obama administration that we will not permit and we will not tolerate his transfer to the United States to face charges that could potentially land him in prison or in a hole like Guantanamo Bay, as David Hicks did, potentially for decades," he said.

"What we need to know is whether the Australian Government was tipped off, or whether the Prime Minister read about this in The Sydney Morning Herald this morning."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-29/greens-call-for-details-on-assange-indictment/3859792


Whatever he's done or hasn't done, Assange is entitled to the full support and protection of the Australian Government, and this is something he hasn't had to date.

Unfortunately, both major parties are more likely to fall into line with whatever the U.S. decrees.