WikiLeaks said Monday that its founder Julian Assange’s Internet link was severed by a “state party” The whistle-blowing site's controversial founder Assange has been living inside Ecuador's embassy in London for more than four years to avoid extradition to Sweden and then to US, where he would likely be charged with espionage The Wikileaks claim follows the latest emails it disclosed from a hack of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's emails. and that “appropriate contingency plans” had been activated.