in the us this year. an investigation is under way to see if any clues left by the attacker were missed. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. for the last decade, the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, hasn t known freedom. first he was holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london. for the last three years, he s beenin belmarsh prison outside london. his lawyer is making a last ditch attempt to stop the uk government extraditing him to the us to face espionage charges. my guest is stella moris, the lawyer who worked on his defence team, became his wife, and is the mother of two of his children. why hasjulian assange become
became his wife, and is the mother of two of his children. why hasjulian assange become such a polarising figure? stella moris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you in the studio. over the next few days, the british home secretary, priti patel, is going to make a very big decision on whether to extradite your husband, julian assange, to the united states. does this feel to you like his last chance?
in conjunction with the indictment this is a quote during the conspiracy, manning and assange had real time discussion about the transmission of classified records. assange to manning said, when he d received some information from chelsea manning, he said, curious eyes never run dry in my experience.” and, according to the united states, that was a clear encouragement to get more information, dig deeper which we then know chelsea manning did. well, what an extraordinary claim, right? of course, journalists all the time make requests for information. right now, do you have evidence of war crimes in ukraine? it s being broadcast constantly. we re encouraging and we should encourage people to come forward if they have evidence of war crimes. and look what s happened here, this is a complete inversion.
my guest is stella moris, the lawyer who worked on his defence team, became his wife, and is the mother of two of his children. why hasjulian assange become such a polarising figure? stella moris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you in the studio. over the next few days, the british home secretary, priti patel, is going to make a very big decision on whether to extradite your husband, julian assange, to the united states.