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He will fight extradition to Sweden to face sex-crime allegations
BY ANTHONY FAIOLA, JERRYMARKON
AND ELLEN NAKASHIMA
london — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released from a British jail cell Thursday after the High Court up- held a decision granting him bail. As- sange retreated to a friend’s country estate, where he planned to help mount his legal defense against extradition to Sweden to face sex-crime allegations. Triumphantly raising his arm as he
walked out of the central London court- house,Assange declared: “If justice is not always an outcome, at least it is not dead yet.”
Describing his nine nights in jail as
“solitary confinement in the bottom of a Victorian prison,” he thanked his attor- neysandsupporters, including theprom- inent backers who posted his bail, before vowing to continue WikiLeaks’ work as he tries to prove what he described as his innocence in the sex-crime cases. The High Court’s ruling amounts to
the beginning ofAssange’s legal troubles. He must now prepare for a full extradi- tion trial in February. At the same time, U.S. law enforce-
ment and other sources say that federal prosecutors are seeking evidence that Assange, whose WikiLeaks Web site re- leased thousands of classified U.S. gov- ernment cables on the Internet, con- spired with aU.S. Army private to obtain the classified information from military networks. Investigators in that case are explor-
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ing whether Assange or anyone connect- ed to WikiLeaks helped provide Pfc. Bradley E. Manning with software that he allegedly installed without authoriza- tion on a classified military computer network, said sources familiar with the investigation. The software may have been used to helpManning in the alleged mishandling of classified data. If Assange is somehow linked to the provision of that software, legal experts said, prosecutors may be closer to mak- ing a case for conspiracy. “I can say they would like it very much
if they could build a case around conspir- acy,” said AdrianLamo, a former comput- er hacker who reported Manning to authorities and has been speaking with investigators. Law enforcement sources said the
possible conspiracy charge was only one avenue of inquiry in a broad investiga- tion. It is unclear whether charges will be brought. Mark Stephens, a British attor- ney for Assange, said the Justice Depart- ment told him that, contrary to previous reports, no grand jury had been empan- eled. Jennifer Robinson, another attorney
for Assange, said there is “no evidence, absolutely not” of any illicit collusion between Assange andManning. After his release, Assange was driven
off in an armored vehicle by Vaughan Smith, a London restaurateur and for- mer war correspondent who will host Assange at his 600-acre Ellingham Hall estate northeast of London under what the British media have dubbed “mansion arrest.” Before heading to the country, Assange stopped in central London for a celebratory martini with friends and well-wishers. The 39-year-old Australian, who had to surrender his passport, will be subject
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message service — remained in his fifth month of solitary confinement at a Ma- rine facility at Quantico, Va. Because of theMarine Corps’ fear that
he might harm himself,Manning has not been given a pillow or sheets, and is not allowed to exercise, said sources familiar with Manning’s conditions of confine- ment. He has access to about one hour of
television a day, and to newspapers and magazines. The Army is trying to have him re-
moved from “prevention of injury watch,” said one source, adding that a forensic psychologist has concluded that he is not likely to harm himself. DavidHouse, a friend ofManning, said
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While JulianAssange is preparing for a full extradition trial in February, hewill be staying at a friend’s 600-acreEllinghamHall estate northeast of London.
to an eight-hour-a-day curfew and sur- veillance with an electronic tag and must check in nightly with police. Assange was jailed Dec. 7 after turning
himself in to British authorities. A judge initially denied his request for bail based on the assumption that the nomadic and elusive WikiLeaks mastermind was a flight risk. The same judge reversed his decisiononTuesday afterAssange’s back- ers provided him with a fixed address and Assange agreed to submit to heavy surveillance while on bail.
Swedish authorities have said they
have no position on whether Assange should be freed or held behind bars while he fights the extradition warrant. But British prosecutors independently ap- pealed his release to the High Court on Thursday, arguing that Assange might find a way to disappear from under authorities’ noses. As Assange headed to the estate near
London,Manning—who apparently has never met Assange but has communicat- ed with him using an encrypted instant-
that over the past few weeks he had “noticed a steady decline in [Manning’s] mental and physical well-being.” House said that Manning’s prolonged
confinement “is unquestionably taking its toll on his intellect; his inability to exercise due to brig regulations has af- fected his physical appearance in a man- ner that suggests physical weakness.” The military criminal justice system does not offer bail.
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Markon and Nakashima reported from Washington. Special correspondent Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi in London contributed to this report.
Trial is next chapter in clash between Turkey’sMuslimleaders, secular elite BY GUL TUYSUZ
istanbul — The latest installment of civil-military confrontation in Turkey be- gan Thursday with the opening of a trial of nearly 200 active and retired military officers on charges of plotting to over- throw the conservative Muslim govern- ment in2003. The indictment in the trial, which is
being held in the town of Silivri, outside Istanbul,outlinesanallegedplot tocreate instability that would pave the way for a military coup. The Turkish military has several times voiced its discontent with
therulingJusticeandDevelopmentParty, or AKP, since the party came to power in 2002. According to the indictment, the plot,
dubbed “Sledgehammer,” was drawn up in 2003 andwould have begunwith oper- ativessettingoffbombsintwomosquesin central Istanbul and making it look as if Greek forces had shot down a Turkish military jet. It also allegedlymade a list of journalistswhowould be jailed and a list of potential appointees to ministerial posts, according to Taraf, the daily news- paper that broke the story in early Janu- ary. Thedefendantshavedeniedthe allega-
tions, saying that their activities were part of amilitary training exercise simu- lating scenarios of domestic strife. If con- victed, the officers, who include serving generals and admirals as well as former air force and naval commanders, could face sentences ofupto 20years inprison. The prosecution of such high-ranking
military personnel would have been un- thinkable as recently as 2007 in a country that still has a constitutionwritten by the lastmilitary junta.But mass indictments of prominent military, media, academic and political figures have become com- mon in Turkey in the past two years. Roughly 400 people have been charged
with efforts to topple the AKP govern- ment,most of themallegedly asmembers of a shadowy organization known as Er- genekon, which prosecutors claim has beenbehind other efforts to overthrowor interferewith the civilian elected govern- ment. The Turkish public remains divided
over such indictments. Supporting the prosecutionsaretheeconomicallyemerg- ing Muslim conservatives, who want to claim a greater space for Islam in public life, as well as opponents of the military who want to lessen its influence over the
government.Theypoint toTurkey’shisto- ry of military ousters of democratically
elected governments in 1960, 1972 and 1980, aswell as the soft coup of 1997. Forcritics, theSledgehammercaserep-
resents an increasingly open attempt to dismantle elements within the military that are viewed as unfriendly toward the AKP. Opponents includemembers of the military and a formerly ruling elite who adhere to a strict interpretation of secu- larism and view the new rulingMuslims
asathreat.Thiscase, theysay, isapolitical movetoretaliateagainst figureswhohave spoken out against the AKP, an accusa- tionthe government denies.
Tuysuz is a special correspondent.
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