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from the shoulda-taken-the-tea-chest-option-years-back dept.
Breaking: Met police confirm that Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy.
Mr Assange took refuge in the embassy seven years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case that has since been dropped.
The Met Police said he was arrested for failing to surrender to the court.
Ecuador's president Lenin Moreno said it withdrew Mr Assange's asylum after his repeated violations to international conventions.
But WikiLeaks tweeted that Ecuador had acted illegally in terminating Mr Assange's political asylum "in violation of international law".
[...] Scotland Yard said it was invited into the embassy by the ambassador, following the Ecuadorian government's withdrawal of asylum.
After his arrest for failing to surrender to the court, police said he had been further arrested on behalf of US authorities under an extradition warrant.
He doesn't look happy, to say the least.
Update: As this is a breaking story, more information is coming out regularly - one source that updates their reports frequently is Zero Hedge - thanks boru!
Previously: New Analysis of Swedish Police Report Confirms Julian Assange's Version in Sweden's Case
Ecuador Reportedly Almost Ready to Hand Julian Assange Over to UK Authorities
UK Said Assange Would Not be Extradited If He Leaves Embassy Refuge
Inadvertent Court Filing Suggests that the U.S. DoJ is Preparing to Indict Julian Assange
U.S. Ramping Up Probe Against Julian Assange, WikiLeaks Says
Ecuador Denies That Julian Assange Will be Evicted From Embassy in London
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @04:07PM
Also the charge is pretty weak. They say he conspired with Manning to crack a SIPRnet password (SIPRnet is like a DoD classified internet but classification is just SECRET level). He failed to crack the password so the conspiracy didnt even yield results. Even a failed conspiracy is a crime (just like trying to murder someone is a crime even if you don't succeed) but its relatively weak.
Dude had a sweet setup in the embassy. Also he's certainly a multi-millionaire because of all the bitcoin people donated to wikileaks before the price skyrocketed. And if you think a guy like Assange hasn't been "paying" himself generously from the funds of the organization he has complete control over, then you don't know people.