Day: May 2, 2019

    Julian Assange has declined a chance to consent to his extradition to the US at a court hearing in London where the American government started pressing its case to take him across the Atlantic. Appearing by videolink from Belmarsh prison, Assange said: “I do not wish to surrender myself for extradition for doing journalism that has won many, many awards and protected many, many people.” Ben Brandon, counsel for the US government, presented details of the US case against Assange at Westminster magistrates court. He said that the charges related to one of the largest compromises of information in the history of the US. They were connected to the downloading of a “vast amount of classified documents” by Chelsea Manning, the US intelligence analyst who subsequently se...

    There is certainly an argument for a criminal investigation into the leaking of information from the National Security Council, a former attorney general has told Sky News. Dominic Grieve said the disclosure to a newspaper of an NSC discussion about Chinese telecoms giant Huawei's potential involvement in the development of the UK's 5G mobile network was corrosive and undesirable. Prime Minister Theresa May sacked Gavin Williamson as defence secretary after an inquiry found there was compelling evidence he was responsible. Mr Williamson has denied being the culprit, telling Sky News he swore on his children's lives that neither he, nor any of his staff, were behind it. © PA Gavin Williamson told Sky News he swore on his children's lives that he did not leak the inf...