<p>Assange, who had an emotional reunion with his mother at the 600-acre Suffolk estate where he is currently under house arrest after being released on bail, told newsmen: <br /><br />"The US is preparing to indict me on espionage charges. I am afraid my freedom may be short-lived."<br /><br />It was increasingly likely that that the US would try to extradite him, he said. He said an "illegal investigation" is being carried out against him, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />A spokeswoman for the US Department of Justice would confirm only that there is "an ongoing investigation into the wikiLeaks matter."<br /><br />The whistleblower's mother Christine Assange, who traveled to London to show her support, joined some of her son's supporters to celebrate his release from jail at 10-bedroom Ellingham Hall, owned by Vaughan smith, founder of London's Frontline club.<br /><br />Assange had champagne and a meal of stew and dumplings to mark the end of his nine-day incarceration at Wandsworth prison as he fights extradition to Sweden on sex assault allegations, which he denies.<br /><br />Smiling and hugging his mother, Assange, who remains under 'mansion arrest' said: "This is not the beginning of the end. It is the end of the beginning.<br /><br />It has not altered my position, in fact it has confirmed my position to me personally that we are on the right path."<br /><br />Assange said he had not been provided with any evidence relating to claims he sexually assaulted two women and claimed certain institutions were involved in an "illegal investigation".<br /><br />"We can see that by how certain people who are allegedly affiliated with us were contained at the US border and had their computers seized, and so on."<br /><br />Assange said: "I would say that there is a very aggressive investigation, that a lot of face has been lost by some people, and some people have careers to make by pursuing famous cases, but that is actually something that needs monitoring."<br /><br />"We've seen the Swedish government, let's not say the government, a Swedish prosecutor in these representations to the British Government and British Courts said he needed not to provide a single shred of evidence."<br /><br />Assange said he had spent 9 days in solitary confinement at Wandsworth Prison, south west London, and had still not been presented with "a single piece of evidence."</p>
<p>Assange, who had an emotional reunion with his mother at the 600-acre Suffolk estate where he is currently under house arrest after being released on bail, told newsmen: <br /><br />"The US is preparing to indict me on espionage charges. I am afraid my freedom may be short-lived."<br /><br />It was increasingly likely that that the US would try to extradite him, he said. He said an "illegal investigation" is being carried out against him, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />A spokeswoman for the US Department of Justice would confirm only that there is "an ongoing investigation into the wikiLeaks matter."<br /><br />The whistleblower's mother Christine Assange, who traveled to London to show her support, joined some of her son's supporters to celebrate his release from jail at 10-bedroom Ellingham Hall, owned by Vaughan smith, founder of London's Frontline club.<br /><br />Assange had champagne and a meal of stew and dumplings to mark the end of his nine-day incarceration at Wandsworth prison as he fights extradition to Sweden on sex assault allegations, which he denies.<br /><br />Smiling and hugging his mother, Assange, who remains under 'mansion arrest' said: "This is not the beginning of the end. It is the end of the beginning.<br /><br />It has not altered my position, in fact it has confirmed my position to me personally that we are on the right path."<br /><br />Assange said he had not been provided with any evidence relating to claims he sexually assaulted two women and claimed certain institutions were involved in an "illegal investigation".<br /><br />"We can see that by how certain people who are allegedly affiliated with us were contained at the US border and had their computers seized, and so on."<br /><br />Assange said: "I would say that there is a very aggressive investigation, that a lot of face has been lost by some people, and some people have careers to make by pursuing famous cases, but that is actually something that needs monitoring."<br /><br />"We've seen the Swedish government, let's not say the government, a Swedish prosecutor in these representations to the British Government and British Courts said he needed not to provide a single shred of evidence."<br /><br />Assange said he had spent 9 days in solitary confinement at Wandsworth Prison, south west London, and had still not been presented with "a single piece of evidence."</p>