Former foreign affairs minister Bob Carr says the federal government will set a precedent that could allow any Australian living abroad to be delivered into the clutches of third countries if it allows the US to extradite Julian Assange | HatAlexander
over 18 espionage and computer misuse charges related to WikiLeaks' publication of secret US military and diplomatic documents in 2010.
He also said Australia needed to examine whether it wished to continue bilateral ties with China following the expulsion from that country ofUS President Donald Trump became one of Mr Assange's biggest cheerleaders after WikiLeaks published emails stolen from the Democrats in 2016 and allegedly offered Mr Assange a presidential pardon if he agreed to say that Russia was not involved in leaking the emails.
These included evidence of US military helicopters firing on civilians during the Iraq war, information about Guantanamo Bay detainees held without trial and civilian casualty figures. It also included the names of people who had provided information to the US government.
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