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Cleita

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19. There really isn't but then many of our detainees in Gitmo didn't

Tue Aug 21, 2012, 06:25 PM

Aug 2012

have any legitimate US laws behind their detainment either, which is why many of them were never put on trial. They were just kept in custody and that's probably what could happen to Assange, but IMHO I think they would just render him to one of our worldwide torture places operated in foreign countries and backed by the CIA.

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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