IMO the denial of Sweden to guarantee Assange that he will not be sent to the US is enough to

[Savannahmann]

15. It is a little more complicated than that.

First, let me say I am one of those who has and continues to smell a rat somewhere in this whole extradition debacle. However, those who are in favor of the extradition, are not merely right wing trolls. Some have a very real, and very personal connection with the crime. Rape is a deeply personal issue for many people, victims, and families of victims for example. I believe some on our side of the aisle who support the effort to extradite are reacting emotionally, and that is absolutely understandable.

Something else. I read an article where the Swedish Foreign Minister summoned the Ambassador to Ecuador and in short registered the displeasure with Ecuador's action. Interesting isn't it? The ink wasn't dry on the press reports of the decision, and Sweden was demanding an explanation. I say it's interesting because Diplomacy is usually an effort to slow things down, give time to all the participants to consider. Summons and demands are usually counterproductive to that effort.

Despite it being OUR White House, and OUR CIA. I still don't trust them. There is just too many Intelligence groups, and too many people doing whatever they feel like in the name of Homeland Security to ever be trusted.