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Re:Sweden asks to meet Julian Assange inside Ecuador embassy by sorenjan on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @09:22AM (#11953648)
Forgive me, but this comment reads like yet more FUD. Do you have anything to add except more scare tactics? Of course I'd like assurances regarding anything with my life on the line, but why would I be special? Why would Assange be special? The law is the law, and an important principle in western law is that everyone is equal in the eyes of the law. Should you or I be allowed to flee abroad and then demand to be questioned where we are?

Sweden's government can't give any assurances beforehand, since every case must be judged independently. Sweden can't extradite Assange anywhere after he's been extradited to Sweden from the UK without the UK's permission [0, 1]. If the US needs Sweden and the UK to cooperate, why wouldn't they just ask the UK from the start, who's a much closer allied?

[0] http://jtl.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/04/F...

[1] http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/12/07/wikileaks.assange/index...

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Re:Sweden asks to meet Julian Assange inside Ecuador embassy by james-watson on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @09:30AM (#11953710)
This is an absurdly naive view of a utopian hyper-rationalist.

The laws are created by those in power to serve those in power. They do not stand on their own, because they are enforced by cops, lawyers and judges, who are people. These people choose to enforce the law based on the situation at hand, and this can lead to a large disparity in outcomes given technically similar cases.

Assange and Snowden will both rot in Guantanamo the second they leave their safe houses. If you think otherwise, you are absurdly naive to the geopolitics of the world we live in.

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Re:Sweden asks to meet Julian Assange inside Ecuador embassy by Lawtonfogle on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @09:33AM (#11953734)
He has a special case because they have been treating this as a special case from the start. Had he not been wanted for something beyond the official claim then he wouldn't have been treated as he is
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