Assange: arguments of the requesting state

US says this case is about conspiracy, not mere publication

A hearing to decide whether Julian Assange will be extradited to the United States opened today.

For convenience, it is taking place at the Central Criminal Court (known, from its street address, as the Old Bailey). But it’s important to understand that this is a sitting of the City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court. The judge is District Judge Baraitse…