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In reply to the discussion: Context and the Assange case. [View all]AikidoSoul
(2,150 posts)My point was that he has never been charged with a crime, and that makes it very difficult for him to get any kind of closure on the case.
The Swedish prosecutor would love him to turn up in Sweden. But while he was there, immediately after they accused him of certain acts and for days afterwards, the prosecutor repeatedly refused to interrogate him. When he went to England she would not arrange an interrogation there although he offered to meet anyone who would fulfill the normal interrogation duties. The Swedish/USA game is not charge him with a crime, but to keep him in Limbo without and make it impossible for him to regain his life, investigative activities, and family relations.
I focus on him staying in other countries such as Ecuador, because ASSANGE is savvy to the real intentions of the United States, especially with Carl Rove pulling strings to nail him for espionage. For that reason I mentioned that "he was not physically been back and forth in the Swedish courts". It should be obvious by now that if he is extradicted to the US that will be the end of him. He does this because he has no other choice.
Your comment that he "suffers from some unfortunate mental condition" is not really fair IMHO. Who determines that? In Russia they used to put dissidents into mental institutions because they thought that going against authority was sufficient evidence of mental imbalance.