How is Assange doing? High profile prisoners are sitting scapegoats to show US something about power being exercised, embracing discomfort maximization, something un-pretty.
Croaking in custody is too common for high profilers.
To paraphrase, "Yes They Can!"
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Terror by one nation's running dogs? Yes They Can.
Anything short of calling out the running dog status and applying force in sufficient measure on the dog owners is pissing upwind.