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Cleita

(75,480 posts) Thu Aug 16, 2012, 07:58 PM Aug 2012

So how are they going to get Julian Assange out of England? [View all]

Any speculations? I thought what if they lift him out in a helicopter and take him to France so he can board an airplane for Ecuador? Would the English dare shoot it out of the air? What if he makes it to Ecuador, will the USA send in a team of SEALS to kidnap him? So many possibilities and if he does escape out of America's clutches, it would make a helluva story.

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	Smuggle him out with the laundry.
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	Dress him like a woman and drive him to the airport.
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	Lift him out with a helicopter.
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	Roll him up in a rug put him in a truck container and drive him to France.
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So how are they going to get Julian Assange out of England? [View all] Cleita Aug 2012 OP

Inside a person-sized lasagna. nt limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #1

a diplomatic pouch man-purse? nt flamingdem Aug 2012 #6

I changed the lasagna to make it gender neutral. limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #10

ut oh am i going to get in trouble? flamingdem Aug 2012 #12

You have to call it a "carry-all" limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #20

ha ha ha - you made me look! flamingdem Aug 2012 #29

Other ,they're all connected to the orpupilofnature57 Aug 2012 #2

The 'doomsday threat' is a bluff. randome Aug 2012 #9

Maybe he's got something on CORREA...which motivated the enthusiasm to grant asylum? MADem Aug 2012 #42

Hero no , Smart yes and his woes are a result of orpupilofnature57 Aug 2012 #61

What a movie script! treestar Aug 2012 #3

I thought so too, depending on how it plays out. n/t Cleita Aug 2012 #4

He might just be stuck in the Embassy until he decides to take his chances with Sweden. MADem Aug 2012 #5

Oh but he is in America's clutches. Cleita Aug 2012 #7

Why should Sweden, where he is accused of a crime, play lets make a deal with a purported rapist? MADem Aug 2012 #43

Actually, he's only wanted in Sweden for questioning, not arrest. This Cleita Aug 2012 #46

An international arrest warrant WAS issued, and they want a DNA sample according to some accounts. MADem Aug 2012 #55

Your links are out of date. Here's the latest. Cleita Aug 2012 #67

You aren't understanding--the Swedes cannot CHARGE him until they interview him IN Sweden. MADem Aug 2012 #68

And this is why it's all so suspect. If all they really wanted to do is interview him Cleita Aug 2012 #70

Again, you are just not understanding--"skype" is not "physically present in Sweden" and this is an MADem Aug 2012 #79

YOU don't understand. When they say one thing but really mean another, it doesn't pass the Cleita Aug 2012 #82

I do understand, though. I've lived under many legal systems -- very diverse ones, too--so I tend MADem Aug 2012 #96

If he is caught in this web of intrigue and is extradited, or kidnapped, whatever happens, Cleita Aug 2012 #98

Call me on what? For NOTICING a few things? MADem Aug 2012 #111

Found a link for you on The Young Turks Cleita Aug 2012 #49

Damn that nefarious Obama! Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #81

Obama is doing his job to stop those embarrassing secrets from Cleita Aug 2012 #83

Obama is covering up war crimes? Obama is going to send Assange to Gitmo? Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #89

I don't think Obama has anything to do with it. Cleita Aug 2012 #90

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: WIKIPROTOCOL derby378 Aug 2012 #8

Fulton Skyhook. -..__... Aug 2012 #11

That's very clever but wouldn't it require the US military to do that? Cleita Aug 2012 #13

Batman might still have one lying around (n/t) derby378 Aug 2012 #15

Ecuador has C-130's. -..__... Aug 2012 #35

Very large diplomatic pouch exboyfil Aug 2012 #14

seconded n/t LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #17

Interesting. Where there is a will, it seems there is a way.n/t Cleita Aug 2012 #22

How about a diplomatic pooch? flamingdem Aug 2012 #36

Well he could ... Historic NY Aug 2012 #16

He's already out slutticus Aug 2012 #18

A source would help. Cleita Aug 2012 #21

That doesn't make any sense... SidDithers Aug 2012 #26

Ahhh, tell us all about it, now.... nt MADem Aug 2012 #44

Wiki-scape? chowder66 Aug 2012 #19

Wi-scape elehhhhna Aug 2012 #28

; ) chowder66 Aug 2012 #38

Well it IS and island.... so there are boats underpants Aug 2012 #23

Dressed like a gal... greytdemocrat Aug 2012 #24

Other. They're not... SidDithers Aug 2012 #25

The British Gov't has nothing to gain by keeping him there. They'll let him go leveymg Aug 2012 #27

True, which makes it even more mystifying why they would hurt Cleita Aug 2012 #30

Somebody in the Foreign Office or MI6 has a bugger up their butt about him. Same in DC. leveymg Aug 2012 #33

Nah. The Swedes are pizzed-off. Assange had toyed with them in Sep and Oct 2010, as they tried struggle4progress Aug 2012 #40

I really think this is thin skins in Foggy Bottom than anything that happened in Sweden. leveymg Aug 2012 #54

Why would the Swedes give a rat's ass about the US State Department cables? struggle4progress Aug 2012 #56

For one thing, they're pissed that Wikileaks revealed their relationship with US intelligence. leveymg Aug 2012 #62

IIRC Karl Rove has also advised the Swedish PM in the past. CJCRANE Aug 2012 #64

IIRC the warrant issued before cable publication began struggle4progress Aug 2012 #69

That statement is incredibly misleading and FOS. Wikileaks has been releasing materials of interest leveymg Aug 2012 #73

Get 5000 or more supporters to dress in Guy Fawkes masks, storm the embassy hlthe2b Aug 2012 #31

That's a pretty good scenario and you Cleita Aug 2012 #32

No, no! Julian Assange masks! leveymg Aug 2012 #34

The police's first goal would be to retain positive control over the points of egress. MADem Aug 2012 #48

take a lot of police to control 5000 unexpected protesters descending on the embassy... hlthe2b Aug 2012 #51

They wouldn't be "unexpected." Are you at all familiar with that area, or how Metropolitan Police MADem Aug 2012 #60

unless i'm wrong Ecuadorian law would prevent him from becoming a citizen Bodhi BloodWave Aug 2012 #63

I think the problem might be that even if the Ecuadorans gave him diplomatic status, his MADem Aug 2012 #71

tie him on top of Mitt's car. n/t progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #37

Other: He gets bored, or the spotlight wanes, and he turns himself back in to England. Robb Aug 2012 #39

some "Misanthropes" will weasel a way to snatch him fascisthunter Aug 2012 #41

Magic. CabCurious Aug 2012 #45

Or a dimensional shift? Cleita Aug 2012 #47

I'll take in the boot of a Mini for $100, Alex. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #50

. UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 #52

"Oh, if I had the wings of an angel" Cleita Aug 2012 #53

He'll stay in the embassy for 800 years, like that knight in the Indiana Jones movie n/t RZM Aug 2012 #57

That knight had the Holy Grail to keep him alive. Cleita Aug 2012 #58

No, just a crown of thorns RZM Aug 2012 #59

The asylum granted is only within the embassy, not Ecuador TorchTheWitch Aug 2012 #65

Maybe they are giving a rat's ass now after Britain threatened Cleita Aug 2012 #66

They are, like it or not, a colony in some regards--their "official currency" is the US DOLLAR. MADem Aug 2012 #72

Yeah, yeah. Cleita Aug 2012 #74

No, no--not indexed. The actual DOLLAR. MADem Aug 2012 #84

We still don't have a government there. Cleita Aug 2012 #86

We don't WANT a government there--at least not right now. MADem Aug 2012 #91

So stop saying they are a colony of ours or Great Britain. n/t Cleita Aug 2012 #94

They are tied to us by the dollar, so they are--even if THEY don't like it--a colony of sorts. MADem Aug 2012 #97

Whatever! Cleita Aug 2012 #99

No need to be petty and uncivil. It is possible to disagree without name calling and MADem Aug 2012 #100

I think the only realistic option is for the Equadorian gov't & consul to negotiate safe passage. backscatter712 Aug 2012 #75

All it will do is buy him time. Yes, I believe he will be a hunted man Cleita Aug 2012 #77

Safe passage will not be granted. Ecuador has signed on to be Assange's jailer. MADem Aug 2012 #87

Frankly, Quito will only be a stopover. Cleita Aug 2012 #92

Which country would you predict he jump to? MADem Aug 2012 #103

It would have to be one without an extradition treaty with the USA and that has the Cleita Aug 2012 #104

Well, I've named them all. MADem Aug 2012 #105

Apparently some countries who do have treaties with us often choose to ignore them, Cleita Aug 2012 #106

Not often. Occasionally, sure--Ira Einhorn comes to mind, but we got him eventually. MADem Aug 2012 #107

I wonder if Iceland would let Assange stay there or go through there? backscatter712 Aug 2012 #109

Hide him with Mitts taxes 2pooped2pop Aug 2012 #76

The Tube of course n/t YankeyMCC Aug 2012 #78

Do something similar to the Flying Elvises. KansDem Aug 2012 #80

That was sort of suggested up thread using Guy Fawke masks. n/t Cleita Aug 2012 #93

Other ikri Aug 2012 #85

Interesting. I wonder if they know this. n/t Cleita Aug 2012 #88

Why would UK do that? ECUADOR would need to do that--not UK. MADem Aug 2012 #95

tardis ? limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #101

But Dr. Who is probably on the side of the Brits so he wouldn't Cleita Aug 2012 #102

TARDIS, of course librechik Aug 2012 #108

Well, he IS in England, after all. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2012 #110