KW: There is a link to an additional article here that leads you to the reason why the Americans want Assange silenced if not dead. You can watch  harrowing footage of the 2007 Baghdad killings projected onto the UK parliament wall in protest to Assange’s extradition

Julian Assange’s extradition to the US would sound the death knell for both investigative journalism and the rule of law, Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters told RT ahead of a march organized in support of the WikiLeaks publisher.

Source: ‘Disgusting joke’ & mockery of the law: Julian Assange has ZERO chance of fair trial if extradited to US, Roger Waters tells RT — RT UK News