Re:Assange, the law of limitation, and the next eight days
by draugadrotten on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @10:34AM
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> Is five years evading law enforcement really that much better than ~1 year in prison?
No, clearly not, especially considering the circumstances of the evasion is similar to a Swedish prison. He probably doesn't have a playstation in the Embassy, but he could have had one in his prison cell.
The only reason Assange submitted himself to being locked up into the embassy for 5 years is because he truly fears extradition to the US. In my opinion, rightly so. Remember Sweden allowed secret CIA extraordinary rendition, aka torture flights only a few years before the Assange event[1].
Re:Assange, the law of limitation, and the next eight days
by Tomte on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @10:38AM
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You don't truly believe that the UK, being "cousins" and with all the "special relationship", would be a less probable actor to allow this dreaded extraordinary rendition, do you?
No, clearly not, especially considering the circumstances of the evasion is similar to a Swedish prison. He probably doesn't have a playstation in the Embassy, but he could have had one in his prison cell.
The only reason Assange submitted himself to being locked up into the embassy for 5 years is because he truly fears extradition to the US. In my opinion, rightly so. Remember Sweden allowed secret CIA extraordinary rendition, aka torture flights only a few years before the Assange event[1].
[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05...