[Windflier]

I really do not see how this passport does Assange any good unless he can get to the Australian embassy and then not get extradited to the US.

I think the only way he gets out of the Ecuadorean consulate is for Australian consulate diplomats and military to escort him out the door and all the way back to Australia.

[microgood]

I think the only way he gets out of the Ecuadorean consulate is for Australian consulate diplomats and military to escort him out the door and all the way back to Australia.

That would be fun to watch.

[oldvirginian]

I’m not sure but...isn’t a car with diplomatic plates the same as sovereign territory? Like the embassies and their grounds? Immune to search and seizure?
I know in D.C. and northern Virginia cars with diplomatic plates routinely break every traffic law in existence and never even get pulled over due to the diplomatic plates.

I would think England just wants him gone and out of their way.