mr. assange and his legal team feel they have covered. it's now up to today's high court judge to decide whether or not to grant him bail. >> that was john mcgwire talking a short while ago and julian assange is now at the high court in central london. with eel bring you the details precisely as they come to us here on bbc news. now unlimited damages. that's the cost for b.p. after it is being sued over the gulf of mexico oil spill. eight other companies also named as the authorities look to recoop billions upon billions of dollars. b.p. says the claim of negligence is still just an allegation though it will cooperate. here's our correspondent. >> when the deepwater horizon drilling rig exploded, it claimed 11 lives and released a plume of oil for months. it led to a deluge of lawsuits from local businesses seeking compensation. they have now been joined by the u.s. government. it claims that b.p. along with transocean and its partners caused the disaster through gross negligence by ignoring safety procedures. authorities are pressing for

. >> i believe mr. assange could have been safely released today. the judge took a different view but it was clear that it was a close call in his mind. and he's of course asked now to see the evidence that is against him so he can assess the strength of these allegations which we believe to be very -- >> wikileaks -- >> the case is headline news in sweden where two women from stock hoem and a nearby town have brought allegations of rape and sexual molestation against mr. assange during a visit he made to sweden in august. allegations the swedish prosecutor initially dismissed. today, his supporters offered to raise bail. they suspect political motives. >> i'm here because i believe this is about the principle of the universal right of freedom of information and our right to be told the truth. >> the swedish prosecutor is adamant, this case she says is about alleged sex crimes. it has nothing to do with wikileaks. well, maybe not in law. but julian assange is the frontman for an organization that has released thousands of classified files, america s

they want to put mr. assange through get more trouble, more expensive, more hurdles. they clearly will not spare any expense but to keep mr. assange in jail. >> and there is another hitch. assange still need his growing list of well-heeleda=szz1k baco find a total of 200,000 pounds to pay the court a security against the possibility of him fleeing. his mother is one of the few people who have spoken to him in prison. >> it has been very difficult for him to help prepare a case. he has requested a computer so we can help research the case -- he can help research the case and that was denied. he has only allowed -- been allowed three visits and three phone calls. >> his lawyers need access to him so they can build a case against extradition to sweden. a hearing is expected in february in which they are likely to claim that the pursuit of him is politically motivated. but there also were there will be able -- an extradition request from the u.s., possibly on espionage charges. ironically, if he is in sweden, it might be harder to extradite arrangements with the u.s. the

guest: i really have no knowledge of mr. assange's sexual behavior ms. behavior. nor about -- or misbehavior, nor whether he is being mistreated by the legal system in sweden. there is a role in free society for criticizing even whistle blowers, even people who think they are whistle blowers if we think they have missed behaved -- that they have misbehaved. if i, for example, use the word "reckless" about him, i mean it. i think that may even be a soft word to use. that does not mean that i do not think some of the material released is newsworthy or even important, but i do think that he has behaved in a way that warrant criticism. host: david, republican. caller: i have two quick points. at thest, i'm outraged difference between the u. government prosecuting the messenger verses postured -- prosecuting the murder that w revealed by wiki-leaks. the murder of the helicopter civilian by the u.s. military and the two reuter's newspaper people. the u.s. government is aggressively going after assange, but ignoring murder that took place by the military. secondly, i dis

guest: i really have no knowledge of mr. assange's sexual behavior or ms. behavior. nor about -- or misbehavior, nor whether he is being mistreated by the legal system in sweden. there is a role in free society for criticizing even whistle blowers, even people who think they are whistle blowers if we think they have missed behaved -- that they have misbehaved. if i, for example, use the word "reckless" about him, i mean it. i think that may even be a soft word to use. that does not mean that i do not think some of the material released is newsworthy or even important, but i do think that he has behaved in a way that warrant criticism. host: david, republican. caller: i have two quick points. at thest, i'm outraged difference between the u.s. government prosecuting the messenger verses postured -- prosecuting the murder that was revealed by wiki-leaks. the murder of the helicopter civilian by the u.s. military and the two reuter's newspaper people. the u.s. government is aggressively going after assange, but ignoring murder that took place by the military. secondly, i

guest: i really have no knowledge of mr. assange's sexual behavior or ms. behavior. nor about -- or misbehavior, nor whether he is being mistreated by the legal system in sweden. there is a role in free society for criticizing even whistle blowers, even people who think they are whistle blowers if we think they have missed behaved -- that they have misbehaved. if i, for example, use the word "reckless" about him, i mean it. i think that may even be a soft word to use. that does not mean that i do not think some of the material released is newsworthy or even important, but i do think that he has behaved in a way that warrant criticism. host: david, republican. caller: i have two quick points. at thest, i'm outraged difference between the u.s. government prosecuting the messenger verses postured -- prosecuting the murder that was revealed by wiki-leaks. the murder of the helicopter civilian by the u.s. military and the two reuter's newspaper people. the u.s. government is aggressively going after assange, but ignoring murder that took place by the military. secondly, i

. >> couric: mr. assange, so neither you nor wikileaks provided any technical assistance to private manning before he exfiltrated this information? >> well, i assume that is correct. remember, we've never heard the name of bradley manning before. but it's interesting you're raising that particular question because it's something that appears to be coming out of attempts to conflate media activities with espionage. that's a serious business. no doubt some prosecutors are seeking to gain a fair bit of fame and reputation by taking us on, but they're going to lose. >> couric: can you explain, mr. assange, to people who may not understand your motives or agree with you, why you've done this, what you hope to accomplish? >> katie, we have a four-year publishing history. we have published materials provided to us by whistle- blowers from 110 countries across the world. we think we have a very easily understood promise. unlike most media organizations, we don't arbitrarily choose what to publish or not to pu

assange forced them to do something against their will. >> yes. that is so. >> reporter: mr. assange insists whatever happened was consensual. >> i'm not surprised that is his standpoint, of course. and that is why it has to be interrogated. >> reporter: assange's lawyer says he's tried to cooperate with prosecutors. >> obviously, he vehemently denies the allegations. and is incredibly keen to clear his name. >> reporter: he says for all the international intrigue about assange, this case is a very personal one, about assange's treatment of two women. >> they have been abused, they've gone to the police in the same way as unfortunately thousands of women do every year. >> reporter: and nothing political about it? >> no. i understand that this is in the interest of julian assange to say that this is a conspiracy and so on. but it is not. >> reporter: he would not discuss details of the incident, saying he didn't want to jeopardize the investigation and predicts assange will ultimately be arrested and returned for questioning. nbc news has requested an interview with mr. assang

we e-mailed mr. assange and said "i'd like to talk to you. in whatever way, shape or form." >> rose: did he respond or someone else respond? >> someone else responds. i never dealt with him directly until we actually were on skype. and even then about a minute before the actual conversation began they blanked out the visual portion of skype so it was just audio. which was a little disappointing but that's how the organization seems to work. i mean, it's a decentralized organization, so various people are making decisions in his name and then suddenly he pops up. >> rose: this had to be done this way because of time pressures or because he's not about to allow somebody to come over from "time" magazine, a reporter or foreign correspondent, and talk to him? >> i presume that's the case. although here... i mean, you have to immediacy of an actual interview, somewhat like this, you know, over the internet. and he is in an undisclosed location. we don't know where he is and he's very, very, very protective of his... >> rose: secrecy. >> privacy an

they clearly will not spare any expense but to keep mr. assange in jail. and there is another hitch. assange still needs his growing list of well heeled friends to occur 200 pounds to pay the security to the couror him to help with his lawyers to prepare a case. he's requested to have a computer so he could research the case. that was denied. he's only been allowed three visits, and he's only been allowed three phone calls. >> his lawyers need access to assange so they can build a case against extradition to sweden. a hearing is expected in january in which they are likely to claim pursuit of him it slit cally motivated. -- is politically motivated. there may be charges from the u.s. on espionage. the prosecution insists he's not back in prison tonight because of wikileaks. their case is slowlyly to do with the sex allegations made against him. but the defense wants him out of prison as soon assible. tom simeons, bbc news, westminster magistrates courts. >> disputed presidential election in haiti. the recount has proposed after days of street protests by o

they clearly will not spare any expense but to keep mr. assange in jail. >> such as his fame each time he comes to court. there is a and international -- such as his fame. each time he comes to court there is an international media presence. his mother was here, and there was a small demonstration by anti-war protesters. most of the hearing discussed if he should be bailed. the from the dock he heard more famous names offering money so that he will not flee. the decision to appeal will be frustrating for his lawyers, eager to start preparing for the extradition hearing. his team is fighting extradition from the u.k. partly because it fears he could be " -- pulled into two directions at once. his defense is likely to be that the pursuit of him is politically motivated. but his lawyers are also worried about a request from the u.s.. british law makes it easier to extradite him from here to there. what if he has already been taken to sweden? then there would have to be agreement from both countries to bring him to the u.s.. the process could

decision and they want to put mr. assange through yet more trouble, more expense, more hurdles. they clearly will not spare any expense but to keep mr. assange in jail. >> assange is wanted in sweden for questioning in two sexual assault cases. >>> just ahead on the morning news the rock 'n roll hall of fame reveals its latest inductees. plus citizen to the rescue. a cop in trouble gets help from a woman passing by. this is the "cbs morning news." . with chase freedom you can get a total of 5% cash back. fun money from freedom. that's 5% cash back in quarterly categories and an unlimited 1% cash back everywhere else. and this too. does your card do this? i'm going to need a supervisor over here at gate 4. sign up for this quarter's bonus today. chase what matters. go to chase.com/freedom. it can take so much out of you. i feel like i have to wind myself up just to get out of bed. then... well... i have to keep winding myself up to deal with the sadness, the loss of interest, the trouble concentrating, the lack of ener

they clearly will not spare any expense but to keep mr. assange in jail. >> reporter: the swedish authorities appealed against the decision to grant the wikileaks founder bail. assange isn't going anywhere. tonight he remains behind bars, as his team continues to fight the appeal. the 39-year-old already spent a week in jail since being remannedded in custody last tuesday. without access to computers, the internet or newspapers. no access to the outside world. >> we requested he have a computer. it was denied. he's only been allowed three visits. and he's only been allowed three phone calls. >> reporter: assange is fighting extradition to sweden on allegations of rape and sexual assault with two separate women in august this year. he denies any wrongdoing. despite his absence, wikileaks continues to release more diplomatic cables. llama hassan, abc news, london. >>> tonight, national and world leaders are remembering diplomat richard hole holbrooke. , who had chest pains in a meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton last friday. doc

many people will come forward to stand as sureties for mr. assange. many people believe mr. assange to be innocent myself included. >> reporter: assange is wanted for questioning over alleged sex crimes. two wikileaks volunteers accuse assange of sexual assault while he was in sweden in august. the 39-year-old australian handed himself in to british police tuesday morning. he denies any wrongdoing. assange has been hiding in the uk since his website unleashed hundreds of thousands of secret u.s. diplomatic documents. u.s. authorities say their release is a threat to national security and they have launched a criminal investigation. on a visit to afghanistan, defense secretary robert gates was happy to hear assange has surfaced. >> i hadn't heard that. but that sounds like good news to me. >> reporter: before handing himself in tuesday, assange told an australian newspaper the world must not shoot the messenger. while no arrest warrant has been issued in the u.s., assange's lawyers say if sweden plans to hand him over to american authorities, they will do everything in their

whatever happens, mr. assange will have to stay behind bars. he'll have to be staying behind bars because there's an appeal and we'll be in court late tomorrow or early thursday or because we haven't got 200,000 pounds which we can deliver to this court in cash because, of course, checks say teven days to clear. >> how soon could you have 200,000 pounds, if allowed? >> we're putting the begging bowl out and anyone who wants to send cash to the court here, i'm sure they'd welcome it. >> why did you choose 200,000 pounds? >> we didn't choose it. the judge chose it. we chose a significantly less amount. as you all have seen, we had large number of people who are prepared to stand for 20,000 pounds. the position in the united kingdom is a person who sends surety promises to pay $20,000 pounds in the event of a breach of fail which means you have a to lick daid date a significant sum of money. >> mr. stevens, mr. assange can't speak for himself, but he gave us some -- >> there are a number of failed conditions which the judge put on mr. assange's re

the judge said that when mr. assange was in sweden, he cooperated with the swedish authorities and answer their questions. he stayed in sweden for more than a month. he had asked for permission to leave sweden and been granted it. in london, he appeared promptly with the metropolitan police. this is not the behavior of a fugitive or someone seeking to evade justice. this case is separate from the accusations he faces as head of wikileaks. in the united states, he is under attack for leaking 250,000 confidential diplomatic documents. many their believe he has launched an attack on the u.s., threatened at international security, and endangers american lives. federal prosecutors are building a case against him. he could face a very lengthy prison sentence if convicted. after his release, he told the bbc that was the greater threat. >> i do not have many fears about being expedited to sweden. i have much bigger concerns about being expedited to the united states. we have a rumor from my lawyers and the united states.

. >> they clearly will not spare any expensive but to keep mr. assange in jail. this is really turning into a show trial. >> shepard: his attorney says even if assange does go out on bail, he won't be completely free. by the way, some celebrities are offering to help him come up with that 300 grand. among them bianca jag garr and the film maker michael moore. greg palkot live in london. the bail comes with restrictions, right? >> yeah, shep. quite a few restrictions. first of all, he has got to come up with that cash. then he has got to give up his passport say he is not going to do any international travel. wear electronic tracking device. limit his movements including curfews to an agreed upon address, a house to the northeast of london, as well as showing up at a police station every day. the swedes weren't satisfied with this. washington might not either. shep no, mention of internet access. he can surf. >> shepard: what's next in the legal battle, greg? >> the appeal on the assange bail is going to happen in the next 48 hours. could be tomorrow. we think thu

they clearly will not spare any expense but to keep mr. assange in jail. >> if they se the appeal, the founder of the website that has released thousands of classified s. documents online will be released. but he will not be able to roam free. there are restrictions to his bail, he has turned in his passport, will have to check in with police dai and have to wear an electronic tag. a wealthy supporter has offered up his 600 acre mansion to the 39-year-old while he he and his legal team fight extradition to sweden. stephanie gosk, nbc news, london. >> in the stunning case in dayton, ohio, a police officer got a helping hand from a good samaritan. this all started as aoutine traffic sto jonathan cedar pulled the car over because it had a missing headlight. the driver of the car became belligerent, resist add rest and began to fight. during the struggle, coleman tried to grab the officer's gun and taser. a woman passing by ran up and beat coleman in the head. the woman is credited for stopping what could have been a deadly situation. coleman

they clearly will not spare any expense but to keep mr. assange in jail. >> if they lose the appeal, the founder of the website will be released. but he will not be able to roam free. there are restrictions to his bail, he's turnedn his pass port will have to check with police daily and wear an electronic tag. won't be too miserable. a wealthy supporter has offered up his 600 acre mansion in southern england to the 39-year-old while he and his legal team fight extradition to sweden. >>> controversial american filmmar michael moore has contributed $20,000 toward a bail fund for assange. if wikileaks had existed in 2002, the s. may not have gone to war in iraq. >>> at ft. meade today an army surgeon who refused to deploy to afghanistan pleaded guilty. terence lincoln acknowledged in a military court he failed to port to ft. campbell kentucky for a second deployment to afghanistan. he says president obama is not a natural born american and, therefore, not legally his commander in chief. colonel lincoln is facing a court-martial on a second ch

those accusations against assange in some cases are unfair. >> we really owe a debt to mr. assange and wikileaks for turning on a big spotlight on those people who brought about first of all this war that we have been in for the better part of this decade. >> he is the mysterious hacker at the heart of an international storm. before the scandal exploded assange was also a single man looking for love online. >> bill: good grief. that nbc report made assange out to be richie cunningham. joining us now from denver, the civil rights attorney who represented ward churchill among others, david lane. do you understand my main point about this whole thing that national security is compromised when informants are afraid to tell our u.s. intelligence agencies who is going to kill us because they think their names might pop up on the internet and therefore their lives are in danger. do you get that point? >> absolutely. i get that point but what the point actually is is glossed over in the definition of national security there is national security and then there is national security.

there is no question mr. assange is a pariah in many places. the issue is quite simple. guys like assange succeed in creating chaos among intelligence agencies, the terrorist also have a much easier time. here in america where terrorism remains a huge issue, many folks are misty find by president obama's failure to talk about the wikileaks situation. white house spokesman robert gibbs was asked about that on "fox & friends." >> why haven't we heard from the president on this yet? >> well, the president, through the secretary of state and through many of the people that work here have spoken. >> bill: i know, why not the president? >> how they are upset on the fact that hundreds of thousands of documents, many highly classified, have been leaked. understand that the president has, as you mentioned, lots of responsibilities and has, let's make sure this economy is strong and growing. let's make sure our country is safe and secure. >> bill: so it's obvious mr. gibbs doesn't want to tell the nation why president obama will not speak about wikileaks. maybe it's just me, ladie

that could make a prosecution very problematic if it goes against mr. assange. aside from the fact that p pentagon papers case, you had the general of the united states at the the time, griswald, who said the classified information didn't deserve to be classified. the government overclassified. then secretary of defense said he would not give an affidavit saying the b pentagon papers would harm national security. the same attitude that secretary of defense bill gates -- i mean, mr. gates now robert gates had shown here. he short of slugs his shoulder where is the secretary of state is going into semi hysteria. all that suggests prosecution is dubious. >> so what you allude to is if overclassification of certain documents. i want to read something from rand paul. when presented here, as he has said, with embarrassing disclosures about u.s. spying and meddling, the policy that requires so much spying and meddling is not questions, he says. instead the media focuses on how authorities might prosecute the publishers of such information. end quote. is he right about

, did not orchestrate today's attacks. >> mr. assange does not have contact with wikileaks employees at all, let alone the outside world. >> reporter: wikileaks tweeted "we will not be gagged." in their release of sensitive diplomatic cables continues. the latest documents published in a british newspaper reveal the details of what a u.s. diplomat described as wild sex and drug parties hosted by the saudi royal family. despite international efforts to choke off funds to wikileaks, the controversial site is mushrooming, with hundreds of identical mirror sites keeping them viable online. a fight that started over national security secrets is now spreading, threatening to affect anyone who goes online. and tonight, hackers are warning that twitter, the very social media outlet they use to post their threats, is now itself a target, brian, because they claim twitter is censoring their online community of supporters. >> it goes on. peter alexander starting us off from london tonight. peter, thanks. >>> in other news tonight, we happen

assange and his family is quietly proud. >> i remember that. he was always very angry about people gang up on other people. >> in the next few hours, more diplomatic secrets will be revealed. bbc news. >> hackers supporting wikileaks have taken a kind of cyber revenge on financial institutions seen as colluding with the american government. they claim their operation payback crashed the mastercard said. mastercard, visa europe, and paypal stop -- stop taking donations to wikileaks. we have this. >> the battle surrounding julian assange grows more intense by the day. it is becoming more intense in cyberspace. at three major companies have ended their relationship with wikileaks. now supporters are hitting back. hackers say they brought down the website of mastercard. the corporate site had experienced heavy traffic, but they said there was no impact on transactions. others said that their payment portal was unavailable for some hours. another on-line into deep explains why it stopped dealing with wikileaks. >> they wrote a letter. seeing any act

they clearly will not spare any expense to keep mr. assange in jail. this is really turning into a show trial. part of the hearing, assange released a statement dictated to his mother christine after she visited her son in prison. my convictions are unfaltering. i remain true to the ideals i have expressed. this circumstance shall not shake them. it has increased my determination that they are true and correct. we now know that visa, mastercard, paypal and others are instruments of u.s. foreign policy. it is not something we knew before. i am calling for the world to protect my work and my people from these illegal and immoral attacks. the latter part of that statement refers to operation pay back in which online activists calling themes anonymous crashed website of mastercard and visa after those organizations cut business ties with wikileaks. assange's mother has expressed gratitude as well as obvious concern. >> i tell him we have people all over the world are standing up with placards and screaming out for his freedom and justice. i'm no different

mr. assange to be innocent, myself included. and many people believe that this prosecution is politically motivated. >> wikileaks has been denounced by the u.s. and other countries' governments for illegally obtaining classified official documents and uploading some of them seriously affecting diplomatic activities and security. after the arrest wikileaks spokesman said in a statement that the website will continue to release the secret documents it has obtained. swedish judicial authorities that issued the arrest warrant deny any link between the case and the revelation of official documents by wikileaks, saying the decision was made independently without any political pressure. >>> japanese researchers have rehabilitated a monkey's spinal injury using induced pluripotent stem cells, or ips cells. the groundbreaking achievement is likely to bring laboratory experiments one step closer to clinical human trials. keio university professor hideyuki okano and his research team used neural pre

mr. assange still has not seen the full allegations against him. >> reporter: assange recently told a london newspaper sensitive material will be released to 100,000 people if anything happens to him or his organization. but for now, despite constant cyber attacks, wikileaks' service continues to hum. terrell brown, cbs news, new york. >>> in other news, elizabeth edwards' battle with cancer appears to be nearing its end. this morning the estranged wife of former presidential candidate john edwards is resting at her north carolina home, surrounded by family and friends. her breast cancer has spread, and doctors have told her further treatment would be unproductive. edwards, who endured the death of a teenage son, and her husband's affair, says that it was strong will that kept her going. >> there are parts that were really just, you know, primarily pain, but in the end, you know, you reach for the things that are going to give you comfort. the beautiful things, the children, the people th

. >> it's an unfortunate state of affairs given we were obviously relieved, mr. assange a few hours ago, the swedes took this action. >> the terms of bail were a payment equal to $315,000. assange would aware an electronic tag and have limits on his movements. among celebrities offering money was american filmmaker michael moore. his mother, christine in london from australia, planed -- complained about the conditions in prison. >> it's been very difficult for him to help with his lawyers to prepare a case. >> assange issued a statement of defines says his convictions regarding the documents are unfaltering and master card and pay pal which cut ties to wikileaks are, quote, instruments of u.s. foreign policy. as for his extradition, some legal experts say it's not a done deal. >> if it can be suggested he's really being prosecuted not over allegations much sexual assault but the wikileaks operation that might enable him to resist extradition. >> the appeal will be heard in the high court in 48 hours. the next court appearance is set for january 11th. all the whil

mr. assange maybe showed us how dangerous the world is. make the case for a 26-year-old man who made his living in a computer business. >> the impact of facebook this year is almost incalculable. they passed 500 million users, almost 1 in 10 people on the planet. it's not just that penetration into our lives but it's changing our sense of privacy, our sense of intimacy, how we relate to each other. when i make these choices and you follow them, i think how is it going to look five years from now, not just this year. i think five years from now, julian assange will be a historical footnote. we won't remember that at a time when facebook will continue to affect our lives in a very immediate way. >> he's the second youngest person of the year. the youngest was the first, charles lindbergh. you've named some giants, the hitlers, the fdrs. but to your point, he's in a business when the next thing comes along, you're dead. do you think this could possibly be one of those what we were thinking in that moment covers, given that? >> i think he's ma

assange's lawyers have been to read some of mr. wainstein's testimony in advance because they are doing very smart things to eliminate exactly the distinction that you are trying to draw. they are asking the government for feedback on the documents. they're taking care to follow the lead of the media. they are actually doing the publication in concert with major media organizations to have the capacity that they do not have to do reporting and in fact they are looking more and more like a media organization but i will even step back one from that because my reading of the first amendment as a layperson is it also protects speech and discos to professor own's print not only freedom of the press but speech, and it seems to me that you will run into a really difficult problems not only on the media slippery slope, but on speech, and it may go to motivation, it may go to this fact is over classification. i pointed out in my testimony in their written statement that one of the most striking things about the tables on the record is the f

. >> i'm pretty sure authorities are obliged under the terms of the agreement to take mr. assange into custody and to comply with the warrant. >> reporter: but not before the wikileaks founder released perhaps the most controversial leaks yet, a list of sites around the world identified by u.s. diplomats as "critical" to america's public health, economy and national security. a hydropower plant in canada supplying the northeastern u.s. a firm in scotland supplying nuclear powered submarines. the largest crude oil plant in the world, in saudi arabia. and a mine in the congo for cobalt, a commodity used in everything from jet engines to medical scanners. wikileaks says the list proves diplomats were in the business of gathering intelligence. u.s. officials see it as aiding and abetting terrorists. >> it's publication without regard to the consequences is deeply distressing. >> reporter: today the swiss government froze assange's bank account. assange's team sees all of this pressure as a coordinated effort to silence him. >> there has been incitement to commit murder by peop

assange through yet more trouble. this is really turning into a show trial. >> reporter: technically it was an extradition hearing relating to swedish sexual assault allegations. but global attention and celebrity backers that include bianca jagger have cast it as a fight for wikileaks and freedom of expression. and tonight american director michael moore put up $20,000 for assange's bail. as a policevan drove a disappointed assange back to his prison cell, his web site continues to leak confidential state department cables on to the worldwide web. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> couric: meanwhile, u.s. army private bradley manning is suspected of providing wikileaks with many of the secret documents and video it's posted. some critics consider that treason, but tonight in berkeley, california, the city council is expected to vote on a resolution declaring manning a hero. many of the leaked documents concern the war in afghanistan. the white house said today a year-long review of the war due out thursday shows

many people will come forward to stand as sureities for mr. is sang. mr. assange. >> reporter: swedish authorities want to question assange about claims by two women who met him in stockholm for a wikileaks' seminar in august, claiming that sex with assange was ultimately not consensual and unprotected. allegations assange denies. >> the european arrest warrant works and that doesn't dependent on who the person is, but what sort of crime a person is discussed to have been done. >> reporter: wikileaks is not backing down declaring on twitter that their editor and chief's arrest won't affect our operations and we'll release more cables tonight as normal. but the group refrained from releasing a huge cache of documents that assange said would be exposed if he was arrested or harmed. while he said little in court assange differed his own defense through an op-ed piece headlining "don't shoot the messenger for revealing uncourtsable truths." the highly charged circumstances around his arrest on full display when an armored police van with assange inside left th

and they want to put mr. assange through yet more trouble, more expense, more hurdles. they clearly will not spare any expense but to keep mr. assange in jail. >> reporter: the swedish authorities appealed against the decision to grant the wikileaks founder bail. assange isn't going anywhere. he remains behind bars as his team continues to fight the appeal. the 39-year-old has already spent a week in jail since being remanded in custody last tuesday. without access to computers, the internet, or newspapers. no access to the outside world. >> he's requested to have a computer so he can help research the case. that was denied. he's only been allowed three visits. and he's only been allowed three phone calls. >> reporter: assange is fighting extradition to sweden on allegations of rape and sexual assault with two separate women in august this year. he denies any wrongdoing. despite his absence, wikileaks continues to release more diplomatic cables. lama hasan, abc news, london. >>> former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel has undergone 12 hours of questioning over wh

in this case, mr. assange is doing a dump of information across a broad spectrum of things. it is not about any particular issue. whether you agree with ellsburg or not, his is a much different case. the first question is how did he get access to so much information? >> we need to find that out, because this is very damaging. what troubles me is this is the third dump. and the administration didn't seem too concerned about the first two dumps. it's only when it starts to embarrass the state department because they have cables that are very relieving... excuse me, very revealing about what some of our diplomats have said about other world leaders that we appear to be all that exercised about it. this guy could have been, it seems to me, we could have gone after him a long time ago. >> schieffer: do you think it's a terrorist? could he be charged with espionage? i mean, what do you think he's up to here? >> he's up to publicity and, i presume, making money. as to the exact statute under which he can be charged, i'm not sure. that gets into a very complicated-- dick and i serve