'I won't be cowed,' says Assange

[TarJak]

If the US are so hot to get hold of him why not apply to the UK courts for an extradition order? Why go through the sham of having him in Sweden? In some reports I've read it could actually be easier from the UK than Sweden.

What I'm saying is that a UK court has found cause to have him sent to Sweden. Therefore I repeat that he has to go to Sweden to answer their questions. Whether he could or could not answer those questions in the UK is irrelevant.

The bollocks about the US being after him is IMHO more about keeping him out of Sweden than it is about keeping him out of the US. But that just my opinion and as Subsim is about expressing ones opinions then I'll bloody well do so thanks.

[Cybermat47]

Perhaps they should invade the Ecuadorian embassy with cows?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by TarJak

If the US are so hot to get hold of him why not apply to the UK courts for an extradition order? Why go through the sham of having him in Sweden? In some reports I've read it could actually be easier from the UK than Sweden.

What I'm saying is that a UK court has found cause to have him sent to Sweden. Therefore I repeat that he has to go to Sweden to answer their questions. Whether he could or could not answer those questions in the UK is irrelevant.

The bollocks about the US being after him is IMHO more about keeping him out of Sweden than it is about keeping him out of the US. But that just my opinion and as Subsim is about expressing ones opinions then I'll bloody well do so thanks.

Pretty much how I see it....he is in the UK and therefore answerable to the law of the land.....UK land.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by TarJak

If the US are so hot to get hold of him why not apply to the UK courts for an extradition order? Why go through the sham of having him in Sweden? In some reports I've read it could actually be easier from the UK than Sweden.

Everybody would immediately point fingers at the US AND BRITAIN, giving Assange the victimization bonus. First the Swedes call, the brits arrest, the US denies, and when the Swedes don't get him, the denying US directly intervenes in Britain? A publicity armageddon.

[TarJak]

As opposed to the current debacle? I don't buy it.

[Jimbuna]

Me neither...he is currently in breach of a decision by the highest court in the UK, is in the UK and as such should be treated the same as anyone else in breach of such judgements.

[August]

Originally Posted by TarJak

As opposed to the current debacle? I don't buy it.

Exactly. The Obama administration would get slammed just as hard if they extradited from Sweden.

I think Assange knows that there is truth to the sex charges and he doesn't want to face the music.

[STEED]

Get the SAS to dress up as Santa and his little helpers and go in and nab him then kick his arse out of the UK.

[Jimbuna]

[joegrundman]

if you were the US on the 'get assange somehow' mission, would you even bother going through all the hassle of extradition in a circumstance like this when all you have to do is lean on the swedes to find him guilty of rape regardless of the merits of the actual case?

When the US leans on some other nations' judiciaries, those judiciaries can be made to bend easily enough. my guess is, when he gets to sweden, he will be found guilty, he will be put away, and there will be no moves by the US to extradite in the near future, not without some real espionage charge which doesn't seem to be around at the moment.

Originally Posted by soopaman2

I wonder if a noose is in this outside traitors future.

What is an "outside traitor" - is it something you could charge KSM for? Sounds like a useful legal definition for any global hegemon!