Wong, as part of her buttoned-up brief dictated by Washington's suits, either did not know nor care to correct Blinken who, for all we know, is equally ignorant of his brief on the subject. Assange had been "charged with very serious criminal conduct in the United States in connection with his alleged role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of our country. Blinken parroted staged, withered lines, politely dismissing Wong's statements while pouring acid on the Assange plea.