US: Assange Trying to Distract World from Sex Allegations
State Department says case has nothing to do with WikiLeaks.
The Obama administration on Monday accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of making "wild assertions" about U.S. persecution to deflect attention from sex allegations he faces questioning for in Sweden.
The State Department said Assange's case has nothing to do with the United States or WikiLeaks publication of secret U.S. documents and is solely a matter for Britain, where he is now holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy, as well as Sweden and Ecuador.
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If the case has nothing to do with the United States, why is the State Department commenting on it?!