Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation
by praneshp on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:10PM
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India != US.
My bet is that UK would fall over themselves if the US demanded a corrupt businessman or a "high value target" like Assange.
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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation
by vidarh on Saturday May 20, 2017 @03:44PM
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Here is Theresa May, current UK PM, denying extradition of Gary McKinnon, after years of hearings, wanted for one of the largest hacks of US military networks of all time:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/16/world/europe/uk-us-mckinnon-ex...
The UK has a history of both courts and the Home Office denying extraditions. Theresa May is a "law and order" authoritarian to boot, but even she is not prepared to fall over herself to satisfy US extradition requests.