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In reply to the discussion: Spain's Judge Garzon Says U.S. Secretly Working to Have Wikileaks Founder Tried There [View all]msanthrope
(37,549 posts)for a year now.
http://static1.firedoglake.com/1/files/2011/06/Ltr.House_.pdf
We won't know until the GJ closes what bills are brought. Nor will we know the targets. I'm okay with that constitutional protection.
Second, Sweden has refused to interview Mr. Assange without the jurisdiction. This is standard when one flees a jurisdiction; courtesies are generally not extended to persons who flee a country the day before they are scheduled to give a police interview and a DNA sample. I refer you to the findings of the Belmarsh court, who determined, based on Assange's lawyer's testimony, that Mr. Assange did in fact flee the jurisdiction.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/world/20110224-Britain-Ruling-Assange-Extradition-to-Sweden.pdf
My suggestion is that you read these documents for their legal siginifigance.
One cannot murder one's parents and then claim orphanhood...nor can one flee the jurisdiction and whine about not being charged in due course.