Standoff at Ecuador’s embassy as U.K. authorities threaten to forcibly take Julian Assange
UPDATE: 8:52am EST: Assange granted asylum by Ecuador. UPDATE: 02:33am EST: Statement from Ecuador Foreign Minister and his account of contents of threatening letter from U.K. added. UPDATE: 01:46am EST: Ecuador moves up announcement on whether to grant asylum to Assange to 10:00am local time in London, 07:00am Eastern Standard Time. BREAKING NEWS: AUG 16, […]