WikiLeaks: Julian Assange claims sexual assault accusers 'got into a tizzy'

The Australian said it was “ridiculous” that the pair had gone to the authorities with their claims and pledged to fight extradition to Sweden, where he said he would not face "natural justice".

In an interview at the mansion in Norfolk where he is staying under strict bail conditions, he said he feared he would be held “incommunicado” and his Swedish gagged if he goes to the country.

He also claimed that the two women making the allegations had gone to Swedish police for advice rather than to push for charges.

Mr Assange told the BBC’s Today programme: “What is requested is that I be taken by force to Sweden and once there, be held incommunicado: That is not a circumstance under which natural justice can occur. I don't need to go back to Sweden.

"The law says I ... have certain rights, and these rights mean that I do not need to speak to random prosecutors around the world who simply want to have a chat, and won't do it in any other standard way.”

What is really achieved?

The last 400,000 leaks have been heavily redacted and names removed and the Pentagon says they “contain nothing new” (to them) but also, the harm to them may be less than to others. For example, what if the U.S. Military has changed much of its systems so that these files may only throw some light on obsolete systems, procedure or facts already known or compromised to their adversaries (Israel and Iran), for example.

And what if, most of the damage by the release of the “Afghan logs” has been to Pakistan, and most of the damage from the “Iraq logs” is to Iran. Ahh but then what about the new information that can and will help human rights lawyers in England, and enable further cases to be taken against the British?

Yes. But this is Britain you are talking about. The British “judicial system” is geared toward money-making for lawyers, and endless delays, and justice delayed is almost never justice served. Memories will fade, new issues will replace old ones, and ten years from now by the time anything is achieved after constant delays, appeals, obfuscation and legal chicanery, this will not be big news.

What is the source of the leaks?

Ahh, exactly. Manning? WikiLeaks and Julian Assange have never said it was Manning. And they continue to claim that no source has ever been compromised. And of course a fall guy is always needed. So let us assume for a moment that this was not Manning. But a much higher level within the U.S. DoD. And let us assume that these massive leaks (or deliberate security vulnerability) were “leaked” via WikiLeaks in order to achieve a few clear objectives: