Re:Julian Assange arrested in London
by rndgermandude on Thursday April 11, 2019 @08:10AM
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Indeed, "to the US"
I don't know what he was thinking? Maybe he had memories of Pinochet not being extradited from the UK? Maybe he had memories of the Swedes doing the bidding of the US re:thepiratebay?
The Swedes have previously allowed the CIA to just straight up kidnap people, outside of the legal process.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repatriation_of_Ahmed_Agiza_an...
Yeah, well... using CIA and SOF to abduct people is just US M.O. With or without permission from the "host" country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullah_Krekar#CIA,_Pentagon,_a...
People might be interested in the case from 2018 where Assange tries, and fails, to get the arrest warrant for breaching bail to be dropped.
http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/Misc/...
I assume you mean "extradite him to the US"
Why would Sweden extradite him to the U.S. when the UK wouldn't?
Either way, he promised the UK courts he wouldn't flee. Then he fled. Now he's been arrested for skipping bail. Good. Everytime someone skips bail, it makes it harder for innocent people to get bail when they are charged with crimes they didn't commit.