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In reply to the discussion: Assange has requested political asylum & is in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London [View all]Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)There are other terms. Indictment for example. It is an official accusation made by the court. The accused is required to answer those charges at peril of life, or freedom. IT IS OFFICIAL AND HANDED DOWN THROUGH COURTS.
The Police in Sweden want to interview Asange in Sweden. Not in London. They can't spare an investigator to fly to London you see. Instead they send dozens of Lawyers to argue that Asange should appear in Sweden for the INVESTIGATION. Not the trial, the investigation.
Something about that stinks like a week old fish. Now I am not an expert on Sweden's legal system. But the only thing they have done so far is the equivalent of a Subpoena, demanding that Asange appear in answer the accusation for the investigation. No warrant for his arrest.
He MAY have done it. He may NOT HAVE. But that is determined in a trial. Right now, Sweden isn't even planning one. They're just planning an investigation. Until this is explained in such a way that it makes some sort of sense, I'm staying on the side of the doubters. Especially since the same Government so worried about the victims of these alleged rapes, is the same one who let CIA agents torture other people in their nation. Rape is bad, I'll give you that. It's a horrible crime and an unforgivable violation. But doesn't it bother you that the same Government was involved in Torture? That Government of Sweden that was exposed by Asange and Wikileaks. Doesn't that bother you at all?