political figure. >> reporter: assange's team are worried his connection with wikileaks could result in him being extradited from sweden to the u.s. nonsense, says the lawyer for the two women who made the accusations. >> julian assange knows what has happened in stockholm and the other city with my two clients has nothing whatsoever to do with the wikileaks or cia or united states, anything like that. he knows that. and i regret and i'm critical against him that he has not declared that openly. >> reporter: the extradition procedure will take weeks and it will take place as confidential information continues to flow from the world's most controversial website. tom simons, bbc, westminster magistrate's court. >> people are wondering what the practical impact is of the release of these documents. sources are already saying that countries around the world are changing the way they share information with america because of these leaks. so there is a real everyday impact of these thousands and thousands of documents now out there for the world to see,