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randome

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12. Any of which could have been done two years ago.

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Tue Aug 21, 2012, 06:07 PM

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Sweden will not extradite Assange if he faces death penalty in the US [View all] struggle4progress Aug 2012 OP

The last sentence on your post tells the story. Cleita Aug 2012 #1

Cleita... a geek named Bob Aug 2012 #2

Right now he is spending his life in a prison of his own making! randome Aug 2012 #9

morelike holed up in a sanctuary... a geek named Bob Aug 2012 #10

Not a bad thing for him because it is of his own making not ours. n.t. Cleita Aug 2012 #11

Under what law could we even prosecute a non-citizen who had signed no confidentiality pnwmom Aug 2012 #13

So you agree? Cleita Aug 2012 #14

I don't agree that a witch hunt is going on. I don't agree that the Swedish women pnwmom Aug 2012 #24

That's our grand jury. Sweden isn't part of it. Cleita Aug 2012 #29

They are investigating him for rape because two women have come forward pnwmom Aug 2012 #30

And you keep ignoring the fact that there is no proof that rape and Cleita Aug 2012 #31

How do you know what evidence the Swedish police have collected? pnwmom Aug 2012 #37

We don't know. So that's a big problem. Cleita Aug 2012 #38

It's a different justice system. I have no idea how they do things there, pnwmom Aug 2012 #39

Like I said in another post, you have made up your mind, put Cleita Aug 2012 #40

Why don't you state your legal principle clearly? struggle4progress Aug 2012 #21

I'll go with A and C. Cleita Aug 2012 #22

'Morally lax'? WTF? randome Aug 2012 #26

Yes, and others use it as a commodity. Cleita Aug 2012 #28

US Death Penalty for a Whistleblower? Um, maybe, maybe not. cr8tvlde Aug 2012 #3

I can see someone trying to push the espionage angle or something like that. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #34

OK, there are way of disappearing Assange without killing him. ananda Aug 2012 #4

That would probably have a geek named Bob Aug 2012 #5

It is in America's best interest to have Assange in a Swedish prison cell hack89 Aug 2012 #6

Oh come on treestar Aug 2012 #8

Any of which could have been done two years ago. randome Aug 2012 #12

I think this is his concern.n/t Cleita Aug 2012 #15

Anyone who is delusional enough to think hifiguy Aug 2012 #7

Or they would turn him into a vegetable and then let him go. Cleita Aug 2012 #16

What U.S. law did Assange break that could serve as the basis for an extradition? pnwmom Aug 2012 #17

There really isn't but then many of our detainees in Gitmo didn't Cleita Aug 2012 #19

If they were going to do that, they could have done that a long time ago. n/t pnwmom Aug 2012 #25

That means nothing, could have, would have. Cleita Aug 2012 #27

That's all anyone here is doing when they speculate on US behind-the-scenes pnwmom Aug 2012 #33

So you are giving them a lot of credit for doing a good job? Cleita Aug 2012 #35

Assange is too high-profile to just snatch off the street at this point. hifiguy Aug 2012 #41

Death, life in a prison, perhaps Gitmo. Autumn Aug 2012 #18

Obama hasn't put anyone new in Gitmo, has he? I don't think he'd put pnwmom Aug 2012 #36

Don't go looking for slams that don't exist. Autumn Aug 2012 #42

Sweden realizes it being used like one of Assange's hookers musiclawyer Aug 2012 #20

Nope in that scenario he would be a hero and whatever his Cleita Aug 2012 #23

Keep trying. n/t LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #32