Gina Talamon, a spokeswoman for the Justice Department, said this evening in Washington that the decision to extradite Mr. Paez to California "would be good news for our extradition relationship".
Is extradition a good thing?
"He doesn't stand a good chance of avoiding extradition," said Nicholas Bequelin, a Human Rights Watch researcher here.
We believe Mr Assange has good reason to fear extradition to Sweden, as there is a strong likelihood that once in Sweden, he would be imprisoned, and then likely extradited to the United States.
Tom Donilon, President Obama's national security adviser, told CBS Radio News that the request makes "a good case" under the extradition treaty between the United States and Hong Kong for the return of Mr. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor whose disclosures about American surveillance programs have riveted the country.
Mr. Assange has good reason to fear extradition to Sweden, as there is a strong likelihood that once in Sweden, he would be imprisoned, and then likely extradited to the United States.
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Last week, McCallum told Chinese-language media in Markham, Ont., that Meng had "quite good arguments" to fight against extradition to the US, including political involvement from Donald Trump.
I was just on it, full on, looking at copyright law, looking at extradition, trying to find a good barrister," she says.
Without the European arrest warrant, we would have to fall back on the 1957 European convention on extradition, which allowed suspects with good lawyers to frustrate the justice system almost indefinitely.
