A court in Spain is investigating a company that snooped on Julian Assange while he was in the Equadorian embassy, and has asked the US for pertinent information about the company, but the US has made excuses for not answering.

The defense tried to raise the issue of this surveillance in Assange's extradition hearing, but hampered in various ways. The inability to determine what the US had to do with the snooping may have harmed his case.

The outcome of this investigation is directly relevant to whether Assange will be extradited, so it is understandable that the US tries to thwart the investigation. Understandable, but dishonest.