On the second day of Julian Assange's appeal against extradition the prosecution found itself in knots, given that a balancing act of harm and freedom of expression is warranted under the European Convention on Human Rights. Binoy Kampmark reports.
Teixeira, who lived with his mother and stepfather, kept a gun locker, which contained handguns, bolt-action rifles and a military-style rifle with a high-capacity magazine, according to the government s filing. FBI agents also found a gas mask, ammunition and silencer in his desk drawer
The US federal agents seized 11 sets of classified documents from his residence Mar-a-Lago; the documents are part of a potentially criminal violation of the Espionage Act and a few other laws.
Britain s government on Friday approved the extradition to the United States of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face trial over the publication of secret files relating to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.