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BBC News Dec 17
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he is worried about an attempt to extradite him to the United States.
Mr Assange, 39, is free on bail in the UK while facing extradition proceedings to Sweden over sex allegations.
Mr Assange denies the Swedish allegations, made by two women, and says the case is politically motivated.
He said:"The big risk, the risk we have always been concerned about, is onwards extradition to the United States. And that seems to be increasingly likely."
He said the US was conducting an "aggressive" and "illegal" investigation into him and the website.
"A lot of face has been lost by some people and some... have careers to make by pursuing a famous case," said Mr Assange, who is living at the home of supporter Vaughan Smith, near Bungay in Suffolk.
Speaking to reporters in the grounds of the house he said some people appeared to be "engaged in what appears to be, certainly a secret investigation, but appears also to be an illegal investigation".
Mr Assange said he suspected an espionage indictment was being prepared in the US and he condemned the secrecy which surrounded his case.
The Australian said Wikileaks was a "robust" organisation which will continue to publish information. He said it had so far published only 2,000 out of the 250,000 cables.
He said: "During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a Victorian prison, my colleagues were publishing material." He highlighted allegations published on Friday about India torturing people in Kashmir.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he is worried about an attempt to extradite him to the United States.
Mr Assange, 39, is free on bail in the UK while facing extradition proceedings to Sweden over sex allegations.
Mr Assange denies the Swedish allegations, made by two women, and says the case is politically motivated.
He said:"The big risk, the risk we have always been concerned about, is onwards extradition to the United States. And that seems to be increasingly likely."
He said the US was conducting an "aggressive" and "illegal" investigation into him and the website.
"A lot of face has been lost by some people and some... have careers to make by pursuing a famous case," said Mr Assange, who is living at the home of supporter Vaughan Smith, near Bungay in Suffolk.
Speaking to reporters in the grounds of the house he said some people appeared to be "engaged in what appears to be, certainly a secret investigation, but appears also to be an illegal investigation".
Mr Assange said he suspected an espionage indictment was being prepared in the US and he condemned the secrecy which surrounded his case.
The Australian said Wikileaks was a "robust" organisation which will continue to publish information. He said it had so far published only 2,000 out of the 250,000 cables.
He said: "During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a Victorian prison, my colleagues were publishing material." He highlighted allegations published on Friday about India torturing people in Kashmir.
more BBC News - Wikileaks' Julian Assange 'fears extradition to US'
