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Re:Julian Assange Seeks Asylum In Ecuador Embassy by wvenable on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @05:28PM (#4134273)
If the prosecution is politically motivated then seeking asylum is appropriate. How do we resolve this question? There are some circumstantial reasons to believe that it is politically motivated. However, we just don't know.
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Re:Julian Assange Seeks Asylum In Ecuador Embassy by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @06:23PM (#4134493)
>"We just don't know"

And when faced with insufficient evidence of extraordinary affairs we resort to the status quo: due process in light of a sexual assault charge. The conspiracy theory being invoked is an extraordinary claim requiring extraordinary evidence that has yet to be forthcoming.

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