Assange after Bail Out: All US Ambassadors Involved in Espionage Activities

Local Editor

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, fighting extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, walked free on bail from a British jail on Thursday protesting his innocence and pledging to continue exposing official secrets.

A weary-looking Assange spoke to a crowd of journalists and supporters waiting in the snow outside Britain's High Court five hours after a judge said he could be released on 200,000 pounds ($312,000) bail under stringent conditions.

"It's great to smell fresh air of London again," Assange, illuminated by a blizzard of photographers' flashes, said.
"I hope to continue my work and continue to protest my innocence in this matter," said the 39-year-old Australian, flanked by his lawyers.

WikiLeaks Whistleblower website founder Julian Assange declared that new information will be revealed in more US diplomatic cables that will be released soon.

Assange told reporters soon after his release that he was more concerned the United States might try to extradite him than he was about being extradited to Sweden. He considered the leaked cables as a reflection to a "gradual change in the legal role of American institutions," assuring that people deserve to know that the American ambassadors worldwide received instructions to get involved in espionage activities without contacting the host countries.

Assange has spent nine days in a London jail after Sweden issued an arrest warrant for him.