> He has skipped bail, which is most definitely illegal. He has served the sentence for that crime, so it is no longer relevant. > Secondly and more important

> He has skipped bail, which is most definitely illegal. He has served the sentence for that crime, so it is no longer relevant. > Secondly and more importantly, you don't need to be guilty of something under UK law to be extradited. You misunderstand the point: extradition requires dual criminality: the offense that the US is seeking extradition for must be an offense recognized by the UK as well. If Saudi Arabia were to ask for the extradition of Stephen Fry to stand trial of his crime of being gay, the UK would not be able to extradite because there is no dual criminality - the UK does not find being gay a criminal offense today. Similarly, the offenses Assange is accused of are mostly not recognizable as UK offenses (the espionage act) or they have very low quality evidence. The direct hacking that Thordarson was a witness for would have been much stronger than the main case.