This is something I've always found confusing about the entire situation - Assange is an Australian citizen who did something in Iceland, yet the USA is applyin

This is something I've always found confusing about the entire situation - Assange is an Australian citizen who did something in Iceland, yet the USA is applying its laws to him. Granted he obtained US intelligence from a US citizen, but how is this his problem? I find it hard to understand how this is possible.