On Friday Julian Assange spoke to reporters outside Ellingham Hall, a friend’s mansion in eastern England, where he must live while on bail.

Julian Assange: “The big risk, the risk we have always been concerned about, is one with extradition to the United States, and that seems to be increasingly serious and increasingly likely. We heard reports yesterday that a secret indictment has been made against me in the United States, not confirmed to us, but I read today in The Guardian newspaper that there are more suggestions of that. Senior legal figures are saying they believe it’s possibly 80 percent likely, and principal figures that would be responsible for such an indictment are refusing to comment, which is normal in a case of a secret indictment. The question then becomes what’s going to be done with that secret indictment, how will it be executed?”

Julian Assange also expressed concern about the condition of Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private who has been held for seven months on suspicion that he leaked the massive trove of government documents to WikiLeaks.

Julian Assange: “I have heard today that Mr. Manning is in poor mental health, that the solitary confinement is getting to him. No surprise. Having spent ten days myself in conditions in London, one can only image what the conditions must be for this young soldier in the United States.”