He still can't leave. The US is just going to kidnap him off the streets of London. Wouldn't be the first time.
When was the last time the US kidnapped someone from London's streets?
I'm being literal on purpose.
Look at the other replies to me; everyone talks about the CIA, yourself included, and ignores the fact that Italy was working hand-in-hand with the CIA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Omar_case
That's very different, and it remains absolutely disgusting nonetheless.
My contention is that the US would not kidnap him from London's streets.
Word choice is important; I'm sick to the back teeth of hyperbole backed up with "wouldn't be the first time."
Surely a precedent means the suggestion is not hyperbolic?
The UK government was roundly condemned and the practice stopped (including refueling US rendition flights from elsewhere).
This will not happen to Assange.
http://www.businessinsider.com/cia-operative-extradited-to-i...
So while we don't know yet about the US, the intention of the UK is clear.
I don't think that they'd need to really. Much easier to have a quiet word with the co-operative British authorities who would assist with the matter and then hand over the individual in question. All soft language and avoidance of publicity, you see. But the same result.
Yet we continue to go after whistle blowers and journalist instead of the ones who committed these crimes against humanity.
But he may have committed other crimes in his attempt to flee the rape charge (not sure if 'failure to appear' is a crime in the UK, that differs by jurisdiction).
None of all that has anything to do with Wikileaks, by the way. A person's good deeds in one domain don't make him immune to criminal charges for unrelated matters. The idea that two average Swedish women are somehow recruited by the CIA to smear him with (rather weak) rape accusations is rather preposterous.