WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested in a manner designed specifically so he would not press a panic button that would bring “devastating consequences” to Ecuador.
Jose Valencia, Ecuador’s foreign minister, said his government had recordings of Assange threatening Jaime Merchan, Ecuador’s ambassador to Britain, with pressing a button that would unleash “devastating consequences” if they evicted him.
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