Is Rove Trying to "Pull A Siegelman" With Julian Assange?

[Joanne98]

Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer

Is Karl Rove helping to export American-style political prosecutions to Scandinavia? Is "Bush's brain" trying to fashion a bogus criminal case in Sweden against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, much like the one he helped build against former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman?

The answer to both questions appears to be yes, based on a recent report by Andrew Kreig at Huffington Post. On top of that, we have information from Rove's own Web site that confirms his close ties to Sweden, the subject of an earlier Legal Schnauzer post. And we have unearthed a video from Rove's 2008 visit to Timbro, a "free market" think tank in Sweden.

Circumstantial evidence continues to build that Rove is behind, at least in part, the Assange case. If so, why? We will address that question in a moment.

RogerShuler's diary :: ::
Kreig, director of the D.C.-based Justice Integrity Project, says the Assange arrest in Sweden has many of the hallmarks of the Siegelman case. And he notes that Rove has strong ties to Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, who has been called "the Ronald Reagan of Europe."

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/12/28/932017/-Is-Rove-Trying-to-Pull-A-Siegelman-With-Julian-Assange

[BrklynLiberal]

1. There is nothing too dirty, too immoral, too evil, too unthinkable..for Rove to think up and try to

put into action.

He has that genetic defect that affects almost all repukes. No shame, no conscience, and an overload of arrogance.

[midnight]

2. This is getting facinating.... I hope the DOJ thinks so too.

[qb]

3. Karl Rove: The world is his playground.

[Diclotican]

4. Joanne98

Joanne98

We have to trust the Swedish Corts on this.. Even tho mr Reinsfeld have something to say, he is rather limited to what he can do, when it came to prosecuting pepole in swedish corts.. Even a procecutor have her/their limits to wat to do...

Mr Rove is maybe allpowerfull in US, but he have far less leverage in Europe, and the Swedish corts are not been played the same way as in US..

And even tho mr Reinsfeld is called "the ronald reagen of europe" that dosen't mean the same as in US, Belive me,if he tried to pull a Reagan in Sweden, he would trown out faster than a rifle bullet...

Diclotican

[Kurovski]

5. K&R. (nt)

[The Wizard]

6. Rove is a capo

in the Bush cartel and cannot be prosecuted.
The only thing that can take Rove down is getting kidnapped by international law enforcement and hauled off to The Hague in chains.