Bar actual natural causes, and Assange will likely survive a stint in a US prison if it is brief. (On that note, he has already effectively been in prison for eleven years.) He has resources to arrange his own safety and the counterintelligence world prefers visible punishment over visible murder. Whatever we think of Wikileaks, as a matter of law the words "uncovering the sordid, operational details of a global military power" describe the crime of espionage.
It is interesting to get an Australian perspective, thanks.
Bar actual natural causes, and Assange will likely survive a stint in a US prison if it is brief. (On that note, he has already effectively been in prison for eleven years.) He has resources to arrange his own safety and the counterintelligence world prefers visible punishment over visible murder. Whatever we think of Wikileaks, as a matter of law the words "uncovering the sordid, operational details of a global military power" describe the crime of espionage.
It is interesting to get an Australian perspective, thanks.