Monday marks the 1,000th day WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spent in political asylum inside Ecuador’s embassy in London, fearing extradition to the United States, where he is wanted for his role in publishing classified documents. On “Democracy Now!” his attorney Michael Ratner discusses whether Swedish prosecutors could be giving Assange a way out.

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