Assange has requested political asylum & is in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London

[Savannahmann]

36. Extradition usually is preceded by actual charges.

Right now, Sweden demands he be interviewed about the possible crime in Sweden. Apparently, none of their investigators can be spared to fly to London. Which is what has been requested.

He may be an asshole. I'll even go this far, I'll agree he is an asshole. Yet Sweden is hardly clean as a whistle regarding extradition. They participated in Rendition. The illegal kidnapping and torture of other people you probably consider assholes.

So why can't Sweden talk to him, interview him in London? Oh no, it must be done in Sweden. That way they can charge him. This doesn't stink to high heaven to you?

When a story doesn't add up, you don't have to know all the facts to know some of the information is missing. The story doesn't add up. If you were in California, and had been accused (NOTE accused not charged with a crime) in Florida. Florida investigators would fly to interview you in California. If they had the evidence, they could charge you in Florida, and request extradition from California. That is the NORMAL way this is done. Except with Assange is involved. The Rape charge is interesting. Many many years ago, I spent a small amount of time as a Security Guard. We were told that if we arrested someone, that we should tell any witnesses that the suspect was a rapist, a child molester, or something else heinous. No matter what crime they had actually committed. This would color the opinion of the witnesses, and change their story subtlety.

Instead of "That security guy bashed the head of that poor man with his nightstick." It became "That horrible man refused the reasonable request of that nice security man and was hit while resisting."

Everybody hates rapists, child molesters, and people who rob the elderly. So anytime I hear that claim, I am suspicious until I hear the details. I'm not saying the woman is lying, what I am saying is that there is something really strange here.