The UK police will arrest him for obstruction of justice the moment he tries to leave the wardrobe he's hiding in.
He'd probably be convicted, which carries a maximum sentence of [EDIT] 1 year in prison.
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
He still can't leave. The US is just going to kidnap him off the streets of London. Wouldn't be the first time.
>He still can't leave. The US is just going to kidnap him off the streets of London. Wouldn't be the first time. When was the last time the US kidnapped someone from London's streets?
...that we know of. The CIA and co have means of making people disappear.
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#23Five years living in a single room, not able to leave or walk outside. Millions of pounds/dollars spent enforcing the same. A gigantic show of idiocy from both sides.
Both sides? Makes complete sense from Assange, IMO. Better 5 years of prison than lifetime of torture.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
He still can't leave. The US is just going to kidnap him off the streets of London. Wouldn't be the first time.
>He still can't leave. The US is just going to kidnap him off the streets of London. Wouldn't be the first time. When was the last time the US kidnapped someone from London's streets?
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
He still can't leave. The US is just going to kidnap him off the streets of London. Wouldn't be the first time.
He needs to face justice one way or another.
What is his crime? He isn't the one committing war crimes. He is exposing them.
Yet we continue to go after whistle blowers and journalist instead of the ones who committed these crimes against humanity.
Re: Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation
#26Five years living in a single room, not able to leave or walk outside. Millions of pounds/dollars spent enforcing the same. A gigantic show of idiocy from both sides.
Assange was basically, from his POV, defending his future freedom and poasibly his life, and still is.
Very likely, he was right.
How is Assange showing "idiocy" here?
Also, from the perspective of a government, any government, 10 million is not even a rounding error of a rounding error in the defense budget. The intimidation might have stopped the forming of another Wikileaks or the rise of a 2nd assange. From this perspective, it's not idiocy - it's a good investment.
Which is not to say I support this perspective - I don't. But it is important to understand motives rather than dismiss actions as idiotic.
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#27According to his Swedish defence lawyer Per E Samuelson, Assange sent a text immediately after being noticed: "Seriously? Oh my god!" Question kind of still remains: how "free" is he now?
He still can't leave. The US is just going to kidnap him off the streets of London. Wouldn't be the first time.
If they do that, then it would just show that he was right all along. And I say that as someone who doesn't even like Assange.
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#28I wonder if the UK taxpayer will be asking some questions about the justifications of policing the embassy? A pretty abysmal ROI. So, will the police presence now simply disappear?
I believe they stopped actively guarding it a few years ago, but presumably still monitor it.
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#30What about the secret US charges? I honestly don't understand how in our democracy there is even such a concept as "secret charges". It just sounds mind-bogglingly corrupt and out of place.
There is a "kill list" [1] which is unbelievable on its own so I don't see this as much of a stretch.