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58. That's no different than anyone else...

Sat Feb 6, 2016, 09:40 AM

Feb 2016

This is the same as those nutters in Oregon saying that they'll come out only if the FBI promises not to arrest them.

That's not how the system works.

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Julian Assange should be allowed free and compensated, UN panel finds [View all] brett_jv Feb 2016 OP

Not going to happen MowCowWhoHow III Feb 2016 #1

That classic definition of chutzpah is long overdue in this situation: cemaphonic Feb 2016 #2

The opinion's not legally binding and doesn't void the arrest warrant. n/t pnwmom Feb 2016 #3

Thank you UN panel for injecting some sanity gyroscope Feb 2016 #4

+1 navarth Feb 2016 #5

+++ elias49 Feb 2016 #6

Courageous whistleblowers who run and hide. There is a pattern. randome Feb 2016 #8

..+1 840high Feb 2016 #53

UN panel is full of shit Spider Jerusalem Feb 2016 #7

I agree TexasBushwhacker Feb 2016 #12

He was questioned, then he left Cayenne Feb 2016 #20

That's not quite accurate hack89 Feb 2016 #27

He is willing to answer their questions. ohnoyoudidnt Feb 2016 #21

Has he also agreed to leave the embassy and turn himself in after cstanleytech Feb 2016 #25

They've already decided there's enough evidence for a trial Spider Jerusalem Feb 2016 #35

Still why are they even bothering with this if he has not agreed cstanleytech Feb 2016 #46

But they can't arrest him at the embassy hack89 Feb 2016 #28

Awe, there there harun Feb 2016 #30

. Our petulance rationalized. Human nature. LanternWaste Feb 2016 #31

Tsk Spider Jerusalem Feb 2016 #33

Exactly. moondust Feb 2016 #41

There is no justice in this case. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2016 #51

K&R elias49 Feb 2016 #9

This is a major setback for the authoritarians that want to punish those that dare speak rhett o rick Feb 2016 #10

Also for those who want justice for sexual assault victims brooklynite Feb 2016 #13

Justice? Why is it that we only look for justice when the state wants to persecute someone rhett o rick Feb 2016 #16

There's still no evidence the US wants to prosecute Assange brooklynite Feb 2016 #18

How naive would one be to think the US doesn't want to punish Mr. Assange. rhett o rick Feb 2016 #32

Maybe the fact that they actually ondicted Snowden? brooklynite Feb 2016 #38

Am I understanding you to say that the US government is disinterested in Assange? rhett o rick Feb 2016 #39

Oh come on. Born yesterday? elias49 Feb 2016 #55

Wonderful FlatBaroque Feb 2016 #11

If only he had not run after the Swedish prosecutor had scheduled an interview to talk to him. hack89 Feb 2016 #14

LOL. And Mr. Assuange would be locked up in solitary confinement for the rest of his life rhett o rick Feb 2016 #34

Yet he was allowed to walk around England a free man for two years completely unmolested. hack89 Feb 2016 #37

So you are claiming that our government has no interest in him? nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #40

So why didn't they extradite him from England? hack89 Feb 2016 #42

LOL. Your simple question would require me to read their minds. rhett o rick Feb 2016 #44

I look at actions not words hack89 Feb 2016 #47

Well then you'll notice that our government is unusually hard on whistle-blowers rhett o rick Feb 2016 #48

Yet they completely ignored Assange for two years. Nt hack89 Feb 2016 #56

LOL, the police should say, Yeah, we agree, Free to go Assange! snooper2 Feb 2016 #15

Why didn't you complete your sentence. "...and disappear him." I hate to think that a Democrat rhett o rick Feb 2016 #36

He is free to leave at any time... TipTok Feb 2016 #17

What's your point? nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #45

How can one be illegally detained if they are free to leave... TipTok Feb 2016 #49

Define "free to leave". He can open the door and walk out. Is that free to leave? rhett o rick Feb 2016 #50

He has a choice, so yes he is free to leave cemaphonic Feb 2016 #54

That's no different than anyone else... TipTok Feb 2016 #58

Hostage situation at a bank. christx30 Feb 2016 #59

Is the suspect "free to leave"? And you suggest that Assange is holed up in rhett o rick Feb 2016 #62

That's more believable than... randome Feb 2016 #64

Our government is very harsh on anyone that dares speak truth to power, yet rhett o rick Feb 2016 #65

Irrelevant. Heroes sometimes commit crimes. randome Feb 2016 #66

How many of those heroes pissed off the CIA? rhett o rick Feb 2016 #67

I don't get how a UN panel can instruct on law enforcement of a country. yellowcanine Feb 2016 #19

It's not legally binding. ohnoyoudidnt Feb 2016 #22

They can't... TipTok Feb 2016 #23

Nothing the UN does is legally binding. Xithras Feb 2016 #24

Free outside Sweden could happen. Compensation, never. Warpy Feb 2016 #26

It means jack shit, but most folks have figured that out already. Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #29

Wired article: L. Coyote Feb 2016 #43

Who held Assange against his will? Appears he made this decision so he can compensate himself since Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #52

I wish he would go free. He would self-destruct just like O.J. Simpson. randome Feb 2016 #57

Very likely treestar Feb 2016 #61

Based on what? treestar Feb 2016 #60

If anyone deserves compensation, it's the Ecuadoran people ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2016 #63

Good on the UN panel prouddemfromaustin44 Feb 2016 #68