The WikiLeaks founder has been held in a prison outside London for the last five years and fought extradition to the U.S. He is expected to return to Australia.
Assange was being held to American laws without being "protected" by the American constitution because the American repressive state apparatuses are not bound to uphold the highest laws of their own country.
There is no squaring that circle. It's just pure, uncut hegemony.