Assange has asylum, but his options are still limited

Ecuador has granted Julian Assange asylum, kicking off an epic diplomatic standoff. While he sits inside the Ecuadorian embassy, British police have to stand by outside and wait. If they go inside (or “storm” it, as one official claimed the police threatened to do), they’d be violating one of the most fundamental diplomatic rules between nations, and would endanger British embassies around the world by setting a needless precedent.