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Police stop guarding embassy refuge of Julian Assange

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Re: Police stop guarding embassy refuge of Julian Assange

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Post by belorn »

yc1010 wrote: post #3

"The estimated cost of the police presence is more than £12m." So who should get fired for such a waste of police resources?

Depend on the estimated gains in improved diplomatic relationships with nations that has a political interest in this case.

Re: Police stop guarding embassy refuge of Julian Assange

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Post by sarciszewski »

I really wish someone would come along and go, "Aha! Assange has secretly been living in Ecuador this whole time. Fooled you, UK gov!"

But then again, I like to see government incompetence used against itself rather than against innocent people, like what happens here in the US.

Re: Police stop guarding embassy refuge of Julian Assange

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Post by DanBC »

sarciszewski wrote: post #7

I really wish someone would come along and go, "Aha! Assange has secretly been living in Ecuador this whole time. Fooled you, UK gov!" But then again, I like to see government incompetence used against itself rather than against innocent people, like what happens here in the US.

I'm surprised he hasn't been smuggled out in a diplomatic crate.

Some of the shenanigans that went on with diplomatic bags shows that some countries are prepared to do this.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1132544.stm

The Soviets using one to transport a tractor shows the bags can be big enough to get a person out. http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2234/is-there-such-...

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