> The point still stands ... It's an entirely separate (and frankly relatively trivial) issue. This part of the discussion involves whether or not Assange's ar

> The point still stands ... It's an entirely separate (and frankly relatively trivial) issue. This part of the discussion involves whether or not Assange's arrest was a consequence of (in @pvg's words) 'his journalistic activities'. It clearly was. See Greenwald's analysis in the Intercept today, with quotes directly from the extradition request. The extradition attempt is part of an ongoing assault by the US government on investigative journalism. > I thought a summons .. The legal docs involved here are an arrest warrant and extradition request. It's well beyond the summons stage.