Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, is expected to be arrested in the coming days after Swedish prosecutors filed a new warrant with British authorities.
The Independent revealed yesterday that a procedural error with the European Arrest Warrant had delayed the arrest of the 39-year-old Australian, who is wanted in Sweden over sexual allegations but has been in England since October.
Last night, Mr Assange's family spoke of their fears for his safety
after increasingly shrill statements from American commentators who have called for his assassination. His mother, Christine Assange, said "the forces that he's challenging are too big".
Yeah -- that's it, Mrs. A. Your son isn't in hot water because of his thoughtless endangerment of countless human beings, his destructive undermining of world governments, or even his alleged sexual assault(s). It's all the fault of those loudmouth American commentators.