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Julian Assange 'disappointed' as sex assault case dropped

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Re: Julian Assange 'disappointed' as sex assault case dropped

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Post by rmc »

BasDirks wrote: post #15
youngtaff wrote: post #12

Oh such crocodile tears… He could have avoided disappointment by allowing the Swedish authorities to question him! All that time he was stuck in a Norfolk mansion he could have travelled to Sweden been questioned and if he was innocent as he claims be free to travel the world again.

But wasn't he afraid of extradition?

I never understood that. People claim "Sweden has links to NATO". Well the UK co-founded NATO and has a "special relationship" with the USA ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Relationship ). Why go the UK if you're worried about extradition to the USA?

Re: Julian Assange 'disappointed' as sex assault case dropped

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Post by youngtaff »

BasDirks wrote: post #15
youngtaff wrote: post #12

Oh such crocodile tears… He could have avoided disappointment by allowing the Swedish authorities to question him! All that time he was stuck in a Norfolk mansion he could have travelled to Sweden been questioned and if he was innocent as he claims be free to travel the world again.

But wasn't he afraid of extradition?

He was at more risk of extradition to the US from the UK than he was from Sweden

Re: Julian Assange 'disappointed' as sex assault case dropped

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Post by cmdkeen »

wereHamster wrote: post #11
rmc wrote: post #6

The Ecudardian embassy/Assange demanded from the Swedes that they agree to something that they legally cannot agree to before interviewing him. It's not really fair to blame the Swedish authorities for that.

> that they agree to something that they legally cannot agree I'm curious what that was.

That Sweden recognise his asylum claim in Ecuador as valid, which the Swedish prosecutor does not have the legal authority to do.

There is a good writeup from a British legal blogger at http://jackofkent.com/2015/08/assange-the-law-of-limitation-...

It's worth picking out as well that Assange faces British legal issues from breaching his bail conditions. The bail set during his very lengthy legal process which validated the Swedish process as just. The British legal system isn't perfect but when you're a high profile individual with access to plenty of fine legal minds it's about as good as you're going to get.

Re: Julian Assange 'disappointed' as sex assault case dropped

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Post by mike-cardwell »

fwn wrote: post #17
BasDirks wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But wasn't he afraid of extradition?

Yep. But that is often left out. (No accusation intended. It's just something people forget.)

They don't forget. They leave it out on purpose because it destroys their argument.

Oh. If only he'd have done this thing that I'm telling you, without mentioning the well known reason why he is against doing that thing!

Re: Julian Assange 'disappointed' as sex assault case dropped

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Post by youngtaff »

enraged_camel wrote: post #19
youngtaff wrote: post #12

Oh such crocodile tears… He could have avoided disappointment by allowing the Swedish authorities to question him! All that time he was stuck in a Norfolk mansion he could have travelled to Sweden been questioned and if he was innocent as he claims be free to travel the world again.

Ignorance and arrogance make a terrible combination. The reason he didn't travel to Sweden to just get it over with is because Sweden was planning to extradite him.

Yup they do so where is your evidence he was going to be extradited from Sweden to the US?

Re: Julian Assange 'disappointed' as sex assault case dropped

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Post by quonn »

youngtaff wrote: post #12

Oh such crocodile tears… He could have avoided disappointment by allowing the Swedish authorities to question him! All that time he was stuck in a Norfolk mansion he could have travelled to Sweden been questioned and if he was innocent as he claims be free to travel the world again.

The fact is that he was questioned before, stayed in the country and left after they allowed him to leave. Later Sweden decided to change it's mind and requested an extradition - just for questioning him, which they could easily have done locally (and, by the way, other countries do this) - which is, perhaps, not very common. And _coincidently_ this happened while Wikileaks was all over the media and the US was infuriated. I can't blame him for being worried.

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Post by littletimmy »

youngtaff wrote: post #12

Oh such crocodile tears… He could have avoided disappointment by allowing the Swedish authorities to question him! All that time he was stuck in a Norfolk mansion he could have travelled to Sweden been questioned and if he was innocent as he claims be free to travel the world again.

Obviously he couldn't. He needed refuge from oppressive governments which he now has at the Ecuadorian embassy.

Re: Julian Assange 'disappointed' as sex assault case dropped

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Post by littletimmy »

youngtaff wrote: post #12

Oh such crocodile tears… He could have avoided disappointment by allowing the Swedish authorities to question him! All that time he was stuck in a Norfolk mansion he could have travelled to Sweden been questioned and if he was innocent as he claims be free to travel the world again.

Obviously he couldn't. He needed refuge from oppressive governments which he now has at the Ecuadorian embassy.
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