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According 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.
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I think you're being a tad literal there. The last case I remember was Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr who was kidnapped in Italy and brought to Egypt by the CIA in 2005. Italy's streets are not less intrinsically sacred than England's.
>I think you're being a tad literal there. The last case I remember was Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr who was kidnapped in Italy and brought to Egypt by the CIA in 2005. Italy's streets are not less intrinsically sacred than England's. I'm being literal on purpose. Look at the other replies to me; everyone talks about the CIA, yourself included, and ignores the fact that Italy was working hand-in-hand with the CIA: https…
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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?
So while we don't know yet about the US, the intention of the UK is clear.
Not sure where this leaves him. He is wanted by UK police for skipping bail. Presumably his US concerns still complicate his living arrangements for now.
Since he skipped bail for something which is now dropped, doesn't that move back up and nullify his wanted status as well? Or is there a process that he could now start, like "remove my wanted status because there is no point now", and that would then get decided by some organization?
It should be noted that the prosecutor had three options: 1: Drop the charges. 2: Drop the arrest order but continue the investigation. To do so require a plan which would progress the investigation. 3: Charge Assange with rape, arguing that the evidence collected so far is enough for a case. And we got the first option, and thus we can conclude that the prosecutor don't have enough evidence to go to court and have n…
Well if you cannot question the accused, it sort of limits what evidence you can collect...
Held both in Swedish and English
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Ok, so is it your contention that the UK would not co-operate in similar fashion? And, if so, why? Genuine sense of political autonomy or PR?
> Ok, so is it your contention that the UK would not co-operate in similar fashion? And, if so, why? Genuine sense of political autonomy or PR? My contention is that the US would not kidnap him from London's streets. Word choice is important; I'm sick to the back teeth of hyperbole backed up with "wouldn't be the first time."
That is very very bad for Sweden because it proves that it was a low class political game so Sweden cannot be viewed as an independent state.
Is there a good article -- does even anyone know? -- on how did Wikileaks turn from a whistleblower into a mouthpiece of the Kremlin? Edit: some examples: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/... https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/03/...
Assange agenda was always anti-Americanism at expense of everyone else, so he just stayed true to himself. Many of his then liberal supporters were turning a blind eye to this, until it spectacularly bit them in the ass.