Is Julian Assange about to swap Ecuadorian embassy cuisine for American prison chow? President Obama commuted most of Chelsea Manning's sentence on Tuesday and the WikiLeaks chief appears to be willing to stand by his promise to go to a US prison if Manning is granted clemency. No US indictment of Assange has been announced, but WikiLeaks repeated the promise last week, tweeting: "If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ case." Assange lawyer Melinda Taylor tells the AP that Assange, who has been holed up in the London embassy since 2012, meant what he said. "Everything that he has said he's standing by," she says. A roundup of developments:
- CNN looks at Obama's decision to free Manning, which it says will count as one of the most controversial moments of his entire presidency. Sources say a key factor in the president's decision was the fact that Manning had already pleaded guilty, unlike fellow leaker Edward Snowden.