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Re:Julian Assange arrested in London by rndgermandude on Thursday April 11, 2019 @09:21AM (#19634185)
Jailing him undermines him directly by restricting his freedom. A charge of sexual misconduct will discredit him particular in the mostly-left-at-the-time circles that supported him. Having him in jail in a "friendly" nation also gives you time to prepare your proper, "iron-clad" extradition warrant... because if he is free who knows where he will be once you get your stuff ready.

PS: the "timeline issue"... asked and answered: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19633178

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Re:Julian Assange arrested in London by foldr on Thursday April 11, 2019 @09:25AM (#19634218)
I think you might benefit from looking at the following timeline:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/apr/11/julian-assange...

Note that Assange was in the UK, in full reach of the authorities, for over a year before he claimed asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy. The story you're cooking up simply makes no sense in that context.

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Re:Julian Assange arrested in London by beat on Thursday April 11, 2019 @09:51AM (#19634480)
What does "makes sense" have to do with a conspiracy theory?
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Re:Julian Assange arrested in London by _emacsomancer_ on Thursday April 11, 2019 @11:53AM (#19635893)
Pre-#metoo, I saw many people turn against Assange because of the accusation.
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