Q&A: Julian Assange allegations  Despite three legal hearings,
there remains a lack of consensus about the status of charges
against the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange The WikiLeaks
founder, Julian Assange. Photograph: Paul Hackett/Reuters  \Has
Assange been charged with an offence, or are these just
accusations?  Assange has not formally been charged with any
crime. His lawyers insist the warrant against him is merely for
questioning on the accusations made by the two women, Miss A and
Miss W.  But Gemma Lindfield, for the Crown Prosecution Service,
said in court that the European Arrest Warrant "quite clearly
states [Assange] is wanted for prosecution".  Mr Justice
Ouseley, the head of the administrative court who rejected the
appeal against Assange's bail, acknowledged the dispute in his
judgment: "There is a debate, which may yet be had elsewhere,
over whether the warrant is a warrant for questioning or a
warrant for trial." He was proceeding, he said, on the basis
that it was an extradition warrant for