Which book did Julian Assange hold when he was arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London?

British police arrested the co-founder of WikiLeaks on Thursday Julian AssangeAfter the Ecuadorian government lifted the political asylum it had granted to it over the past seven years.

The arrest did not take place in the streets of the British capital, but the Ecuadorian authorities have invited the police to go to the diplomatic headquarters to comply with the court decision.

Several Scotland Yard agents forcibly removed and handcuffed at Assange Embbady. The images of the moment of arrest show the Australian activist who resists the arrest while the authorities present him in a van to transfer him to the central police station in London.

At the exit of the embbady, ​​the obvious physical deterioration of the accused, who seemed to shout "The United Kingdom has no civility!" Attracted attention. and "The UK must resist!" to be dragged.

Perhaps less remarkable was the book that he held in his hands. It's a collection of interviews from the North American essayist Gore Vidal, Nobel Prize nominee for literature, entitled "History of the State of National Security"(History of the State of National Security).

The book, 2014, is a compilation of interviews from Paul Jay, Director of Canadian Media. The real news network, to the American writer. In them, Vidal criticized what he saw as "American imperialism"and denounce "the great military, industrial and security complex and political culture that gave us the" imperial presidency "", according to the presentation.

Throughout his life, Vidal has also been highly critical of US intervention policy in foreign wars, including the Second World War. He strongly opposed George W. Bush's government and the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as previous governments whose foreign policy he considered expansionist.

Lawyer Jennifer Robinson, defender of Assange and WikiLeaks, reported that The arrest by Australia is related to a request for extradition from the United States, data which were later confirmed by the London authorities.

The The Justice Ministry then reported the charges against Assange, who is accused of conspiring to steal computer data. According to Robinson, this is because of the information stolen by Chelsea Manning, "mole" of the Assange organization in the North American NSA intelligence agency.