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In reply to the discussion: Swedish Judges Says Assange Allegations 'A Mess' [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)41. Dont beat around the bush. Say what you mean. Do you want Julian to be
prosecuted? And Manning too?
I would just say try, plez try to keep prospective. Dick Cheney kill thousands of innocent children and torture some too. When he see justice then come back and spew your hatred for the whistle blowers that represent the 99%. Choose a side.
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Sounds good for Assange. Get the Swedes to announce the same and it'll be done.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#1
Trouble is, plenty of evidence makes Sweden a part of the Extraordinary Rendition...
TheMadMonk
Apr 2013
#12
Re: Manning. As was said in the 60s, military justice is to justice as military music is to music.
byeya
Apr 2013
#2
Entire percussion section & trumpet in HS, French Horn in college, piano, guitar....
ReRe
Apr 2013
#27
So Assange should be able to return to Sweden for questioning as he promised to do (nt)
Nye Bevan
Apr 2013
#4
It might be baseless - that's why we have judicial systems to sort such things out.
hack89
Apr 2013
#20
Untrue. The investigation into the rape complaint was reopened on the appeal of the complainant
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#79
You wrote: "neither of the women accused Assange of rape." But one did,
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#90
Your link was old. AND it looks more like she's addressing the language of Swedish law
Matariki
Apr 2013
#96
" It may well be that the serious allegations of sexual assault and rape are not substantiated
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#98
"a Swedish court approved a request to detain Mr Assange for questioning relating to one count
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#91
"... The position with offence 4 is different. This is an allegation of rape. The framework list
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#93
"The other woman wanted to report rape. I gave my testimony to support her story"
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#94
I'd rather understand your obsession. Why do you post so much negative stuff about Assange?
Matariki
Apr 2013
#102
I simply disproved your claim: "neither of the women accused Assange of rape"
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#103
I wouldn't call a 3 year old link "proof" - and I'm STILL interested in your anti-Assange obsession
Matariki
Apr 2013
#107
That would make for a quick resolution, unless it really *is* about a sex crime.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#13
Lindskog, in his speech, suggests forward extradition is highly unlikely
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#56
To be clear: if they ever get him back to Sweden, such issues might be relevant.
bemildred
Apr 2013
#69
I suppose he IS unhappy: UK courts have ordered his extradition based on a rape complaint
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#75
Authorities usually don't negotiate conditions for extradition with persons who have been ordered
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#80
Yeah, I know that. They already extradited him to Sweden, that's why he is in the embassy.
bemildred
Apr 2013
#82
The so-called centrists among us will not be happy. They support the suppression by the 1%. nm
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#7
well, they support their guy...once hes gone they'll be pretending to be outraged by injustice
xiamiam
Apr 2013
#15
Lindskog, in his talk, in no way suggested there was any plot to destroy Assange
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#68
Of course they dont see the "suppression". They see it as security. The 1% protecting us from the
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#25
I make it much more simple. Until Cheney goes to trial for the murder of thousands of children,
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#40
So what is holding the Swedish prosecutor up from filing charges? It's been nearly
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#92
All criminal process in Sweden should cease until Cheney is behind bars?
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#59
I agree. Cheney's crimes have no connection whatsoever to the Swedish sexual complaints
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#65
I thought we had agreed Cheney had nothing whatsoever to do with the Swedish complaint
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#76
"Get the facts right first. Then do the analysis. And don't jumble things together"
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#86
So the actual "I think it is a mess" quote seems to apply to the US extradition situation
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2013
#21
I'm sure Sweden has no problem with releasing all their military and diplomatic documents, then.
randome
Apr 2013
#35
I am not disputing that. The UCMJ isnt the only tool of the government. Especially with the NDAA as
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#72
You suggested a parallelism between Assange and Manning. Now you mention NDAA, but Manning's
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#81
Manning isn't being persecuted, as far as I can tell. He had access to restricted information,
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#87
I try to keep things in prospective. Currently the criminals of the 1% dont get prosecuted
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#109
And extradition from the UK would be legally less complex: if, after the UK extradites
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#46
I wasn't aware that criminal cases were litigated through symposium speeches
brooklynite
Apr 2013
#78
Lindskog merely discussed some issues related the case, making no effort to resolve them
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#106