We don't care about extraditing Julian Assange, says US Ambassador to Australia Jeff Bleich
By Ben Packham, The Australian, May 31, 2012

US Ambassador to Australia Jeff Bleich said today that, contrary to fears held by Assange and his supporters, the US was not interested in extraditing Assange from Sweden.

"It's not something that the US cares about," he told ABC radio.

"And, frankly, in Sweden there is a less robust extradition relationship than there is between the US and the UK.

"I think it's one of those narratives that have been made up. There is nothing to it." [....]

US denies Assange 'secret warrant'
Mark Baker, The Sydney Morning Herald, June 1, 2012

[....] The US ambassador to Australia, Jeffrey Bleich, yesterday rejected as ''an invention'' claims that Washington was preparing a warrant for the arrest of Mr Assange over WikiLeaks' role in publishing thousands of secret US diplomatic cables last year.

''There is no such thing as a secret warrant. Period. They don't exist,'' Mr Bleich said [....]

Australia: No sign from US of Assange indictment
By ROD McGUIRK, The Associated Press, May 31, 2012

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia has talked to the United States about the future of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Thursday that it can't protect the Australian activist from other countries' justice systems.

Foreign Minister Bob Carr revealed on Thursday that he had discussed the concerns of Assange and his family with U.S. officials. Assange claims that the U.S. has already secretly indicted him for divulging American secrets, and will act on the indictment if Sweden succeeds in extraditing him from Britain.

"The United States has said nothing to indicate they're planning an indictment," Carr told reporters [....]