Julian Assange extradition decision comes today

... Should the verdict go against Mr. Assange, he and his lawyers have signaled their intent to take their fight to Britain’s highest courts, and even to the European Court of Human Rights. In adjourning a hearing this month to make his decision, Judge Howard Riddle said with a note of resignation that whatever he decided would “perhaps inevitably be appealed.”

The long and costly legal battle has left Mr. Assange isolated in the country house of a wealthy friend, and he is electronically monitored as a condition of his bail.

During the legal fight, many of his closest colleagues have defected from WikiLeaks, and a dozen of them formed a rival Web site, OpenLeaks. The United States Justice Department, meanwhile, has subpoenaed his Twitter account as part of an investigation that could lead to espionage charges. ...NYT