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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAssange could be questioned while he is abroad:
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In October and November Assange's lawyers offered a telephone or video-link interview (because telephone or video interviews with suspects abroad are lawful in Sweden and qualify for the purposes of a preliminary investigation), but the options were denied as Ny insisted that Assange be interviewed in person.
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http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/11734-uk-supreme-court-denies-request-to-reconsider-assange-extradition-ruling
Why didn't they even take this preliminary step? That would seem to be the logical place to start.
They were hell bent on getting him on Swedish soil.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Seems pretty obvious this isn't about questioning or a trial. This is about getting Assange into a country complicit with US extraordinary renditions.