According to journalist and ex-intel operative Jim Stone the Assange "dead man" switch has been triggered and he appears to have been taken into custody.

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"ASSANGE DEAD MAN SWITCH
OK, it is time for me to post what I was afraid to serve from my web site because the Arkansas clean up crew is in overdrive and the alt media is under threat. ASSANGE HAS BEEN DEAD OR ARRESTED FOR A WHILE, AND HIS DEAD MAN SWITCH WHICH MUST BE BANNED EVERYWHERE BECAUSE I HAVE HAD IT FOR DAYS AND IS NOT POSTED ANYWHERE NEW THAT I KNOW OF IS HERE. This will come in FROM THIS SITE as a PDF with active links to 1,500 plus wikileaks dumps of various sizes and ages and importance. The actual dumps will come from the Wikileaks server itself, for as long as it is running. There is solid platinum mixed with old firewood here, you have to dig. Some of the stuff is marked classified and is from various governments, agencies, and organizations.
Assange has got to be dead or arrested, this is the real dead man switch. Studious people have attempted Wgets of the info with links I posted a couple days ago, but this is the first time I have provided the links directly off my own server (because this one is dangerous folks.) I decided to post it from my own server after what they did with Twitter today to silence the photos of Assange being arrested. And then they went after O'keefe. Too much. Even I am not staying at home now, despite having Mexico be quite safe." - Freelance writer Jim Stone