Who really thought he'd keep his word?
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Assange not ready to be extradited: Chelsea Manning clemency does not meet our "conditions"
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was supposedly ready to accept extradition to the United States if President Barack Obama commuted Chelsea Manning?s prison sentence for her role in leaking classified information.
Now that Obama actually went through with commuting Manning?s sentence, however, Assange still isn?t going to turn himself in.
The Hill reports that Barry Pollack, Assange?s U.S.-based attorney, is now claiming that ?Obama?s commutation of Chelsea Manning?s sentence does not meet the conditions of the WikiLeaks head?s offer to be extradited to the United States.?
One major sticking point, Pollack says, is that Manning will not be released until this coming May, whereas Assange wanted her to be released immediately.
However, the original offer posted by WikiLeaks on Twitter only required Obama to grant Manning clemency, and didn?t specify any timetables for her release.
"If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ case"
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