United States vs. Manning

2012-06-20

		QUESTION: Any contact with Ecuador since Julian Assange's arrival at the Embassy in London requesting asylum and perhaps a request that he be extradited to the United States on the WikiLeaks (inaudible)? MS. NULAND: No. No. QUESTION: On that subject, does the Administration care where Julian Assange decides he wants to spend the night? Is this a subject that keeps people up in Washington? I don't ' is it something that you have any interest in at all? MS. NULAND: This is a UK-Ecuador-Sweden issue. QUESTION: Well, people who ' his people around him seem to think that the U.S. is some puppeteer here that's controlling all the strings. And I just ' I mean, does anyone give a second thought about Julian Assange? And maybe you can't answer that for anyone ' but I mean, are you aware of anyone who gives a fig where Julian Assange is? MS. NULAND: To my knowledge, we are not involved in any of these discussions. QUESTION: Yeah, but do you care? Does anyone -- MS. NULAND: Again, you're asking me to speak for the great mass of America. QUESTION: Well, I mean ' but in terms of ' no, in terms of the ' in terms of this building. MS. NULAND: We want to see justice served. Let's leave it at that. QUESTION: Yeah. But that would be justice ' Swedish justice. MS. NULAND: We are obviously not involved in the process, as far as I know.
	Name(s:)	Victoria Nuland
	Title:	Spokesperson
	Agency(ies):	Department of State
	Concerning:	Sweden versus Assange
	Url:	Url Link
	Archive:	http://archive.is/dSddn