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MADem

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

Reply to randome (Reply #9)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 08:16 PM

Aug 2012

It's a far-fetched supposition, but one never knows....

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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Your links are out of date.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