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In reply to the discussion: IMO the denial of Sweden to guarantee Assange that he will not be sent to the US is enough to [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)him with espionage. Several high profile US Officials have called for his death, members of Congress eg and a former, Vice Presidential candidate. Joe Biden called him a terrorist. We all know what being designated a terrorist now means in the US.
The US has made clear he is viewed by them as an enemy of the state, which is utterly ridiculous unless Journalism is now a terrorist act.
Britain, the US and Sweden have disgraced themselves in this case. Britain's actions yesterday have shocked people around the world.
To put a red alert out or someone whose 'crime' is journalism while Gadaffi eg while suspected of terrorism only had an orange alert on him, demonstrates how ludicrous this whole thing is. The US should extricate itself from this debacle, start prosecuting the War Crimes revealed by Wikileaks and aplogize to the world for their behavior here. Or suffer the condemnation of the world as is happening. All they are doing is making him an even bigger hero and turning the US into an International pariah.