WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks to the media outside Ellingham Hall as WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson looks on. Credit:Reuters "It has given me enough anger about the situation to last me 100 years." His strong rhetoric came just moments before entering the plush Ellingham Hall, his place of "mansion arrest" in the British countryside, after being granted conditional bail by the High Court in London on Thursday. Mr Assange is fighting extradition to Sweden over sexual assault allegations made by two women but said his major fear was being handed over to US authorities. The 39-year-old Australian has become a hate figure in Washington over his website's release of thousands of secret US diplomatic cables containing embarrassing revelations.

Julian Assange arrives at Ellingham Hall, after being released from Wandsworth Prison. Credit:AFP "I do not have too many fears about being extradited to Sweden," he said. "I have much bigger concerns about being extradited to the United States. Police officers wait in heavy snow outside Ellingham Hall, the bail address of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Credit:AFP "We had a rumour today from my lawyer in the United States that there has been an indictment made against me in the United States.

"I have not had that confirmed." Looking tired after being locked up for 23½ hours a day at Wandsworth Prison for the past 1½ weeks, he said the US administration's attempts to bring down him and his website were out of line. "I think it is clear it is not a path that is acceptable to the world community," he said. "Certainly not acceptable to the people of Australia or the people of Great Britain and to a large degree, not acceptable the people of Sweden as well, although the administrators are a different matter." After being shut off from the world in jail, Mr Assange was informed he had a "good internet connection" to work with at the 10-bedroom residence owned by independent journalism campaigner and supporter Vaughan Smith.

"We have seen in my week away, my team is robust and we continue to publish in a successful manner ... that is not to underestimate the risks associated to all of us," Mr Assange said. It had been feared that he might be spending another night in jail on Thursday as his camp spent more than four hours scrambling to meet the demands of Justice Duncan Ouseley. Mr Assange's team managed to put up the £200,000 ($316,000) in security and £40,000 in surety promised earlier this week but had problems gathering sureties from five extra people demanded by Judge Ouseley. It meant that seven individuals in all staked their reputations and up to £20,000 each on the nomadic figure sticking to his bail conditions and not going into hiding. Judge Ouseley rejected the appeal against Mr Assange's bail, saying that, with his reputation on the line, Mr Assange had too much to lose by skipping bail and going underground.

Mr Assange was not a "fugitive of justice", having spent more than a month in Sweden following the accusations and fully answering police questions on the matter, the judge said. Wearing an electronic tag, Mr Assange must obey curfew between 10am and 2pm and 10pm and 6am within the countryside mansion on the 240-hectares estate, located about 200 kilometres north-east of central London. Having surrendered his passport last week, he must attend a local police station daily during its opening hours between 2pm and 5pm or be present when an officer checks in on dates the station is closed. "I hope to continue my work and continue to protest my innocence in this matter and to reveal, as we get it, which we have not yet, the evidence from these allegations," Mr Assange said. He is due back in court on January 11 for a case management session, with February 7 and 8 set down for his extradition hearing.

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