British High Court Justice Duncan Ouseley is freeing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London today from Wandsworth Prison, according to the Associated Press, but it isn't without rules.
Justice Ouseley is going to give Julianne Assange freedom based on a conditional bail that will include a monitoring ankle bracelet (or tag, as it is called in Britian), house arrest in Britian--which they call "staying at a country house" in Suffolk, which happens to be owned by Vaughn Smith, owner of West London's Frontline Club--and the 200,000 pounds ($316,000) paid on his behalf by supporters on Tuesday of this week, as well as two additional payments totalling 40,000 pounds.
Most importantly--and something this profiler pointed out was needful--is the fact that London's High Court Justice Ouseley saw fit to see that Julian Assange will be monitored by the police on a daily basis during his release. Fear of his imminent flight risk propelled the Justice to set this particular precautionary motion in place.
Julian Assange gave a two-finger salute to observers from the van window as he was being taken to the court to hear his pronouncement by Justice Ouseley. It is reported by the Guardian that Assange has only had one hour a day during his week-long incarceration to get our of his cell. His solitary confinement has been broken only by the basic necessities and his mail carefully screened.
WikiLeaks activity is alleged by Julian to have prompted his arrest, which Swedish authorities negate, saying the international traveler is wanted for sex crimes instead, not due to his proliferation on the internet of untold numbers of top secret documents about the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
U.S. officials have made no secret about their displeasure in the releasing of over 250,000 confidential documents and are examining their range of authority in addressing the grievance against Assange, with the Guardian reporting trying Assange for espionage in the U.S. is on the table, since he is alleged by Private Bradley Manning to have aided and abetted him in using a dedicated WikiLeaks server for uploading purposes.
Assange was arrested in London on Dec. 7 after he turned himself in and was interviewed by London's Scotland Yard. His release on Dec. 16 is likely to stay further potential nefarious activity online by the supporters that have come to be known as "hacktivists" by the media--at least in regards to Britian.
Resource: The Associated Press and The Guardian
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