Assange could face second extradition request from Sweden on rape allegations

LONDON -- Key figures in Britain's opposition Labour Party said Friday the government should oppose the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States on charges of conspiring to break into a Pentagon computer. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said in a tweet that the U.S. is trying to extradite Assange because he exposed "evidence of atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan." Diane Abbott, Labour's spokeswoman for domestic affairs, said the government should block the extradition on h