Posted on 12/07/2010 6:13:38 AM PST by FS11
The US has an extradition treaty with Sweden since the 1960s, when the nations agreed to "make more effective the co-operation of the two countries in the repression of crime".
Extradition under the treaty is likely to face a number of obstacles, not least the fact that the likely charges facing Assange in the US – under the Espionage Act or other legislation protecting national security – are not included in the exhaustive list of offences set out in the law.
There may also be issues of jurisdiction, since the offences Assange is alleged by the US to have conducted did not take place within the country. However, with other cases involving alleged cybercrimes, such as the case pending against computer hacker Gary McKinnon, the US has claimed that entering its computer systems remotely constitutes an offence it has jurisdiction to prosecute.
Even if Assange's case falls outside the remit of Sweden's treaty with the US, there is scope for the country to agree to his extradition to the US.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Judge Napolitano was on Foxnews this morning saying it is not rape....contrary to what the media says. Apparently it was consensual sex and the condom broke!.....through no fault of his own. He does not have diseases....yet is being arrested for this anyway.
This is diturbing IMO is THIS is what they get him for.....if they can get him for this false charge, none of us are safe.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2638622/posts?page=23#23
And he has been releasing classified information for quite some time now with virtually no serious response from the liberal power structure in the US and Europe.
True it's speculation on my part but most of this iceberg must still be under water. Either there is serious dirt on one or many high level pols or its the Bank of America angle. I'm going with BOA. Consider:
http://www.infoplease.com/toptens/usbanks.html
Yeah... That number is trillions. If you think Lehman left a mark just watch if this bank comes down. Granted that is a mark-to-model asset valuation so it's true holdings are probably worth significantly less but if this happens I would want to be short everything but ammo and the VIX.
What if the info dump on the bank involves strategic correspondences with the Fed or international central banking cartel? Maybe a discussion on how hard it is to push bailouts through congress but how easy it is to achieve the same end through QE and subsequent cost-push inflation? Seems like there might suddenly be an impetus to make this guy public enemy number one.
I just can't see multinational governments concurrently and suddenly becoming upset over something that has been going on since 2006. Warrant for his arrest in Sweden, Scotland Yard looking for him in the UK, USA considering extraditing him even though they're not sure what they will charge him with, the Swiss freezing his account. Seems like a lot of immediate interest.
I think you’re right. This has nothing to do with “national security” and everything to do with the total subservience of governments to the snapping fingers of the bankster mafia.
What would you propose that they do?
So far, no one in the US has offered a legitimate case for violation of the Espionage Act -- which is the only law that Assange could have "broken".
He's not a US citizen, and he is staying out of the US. So, any attempt to prosecute him would have to be preceded by extradition. And that's a pretty high threshold to meet.
He has a better chance of being prosecuted by his own government (in Australia). Reportedly, they are considering it. However, I don't know if they have any kind of "Official Secrets Act" (like the UK), and if they did, I'm not convinced he has distributed any secrets held by the Australian government.
Assange has already stated that this info is truly the tip of the iceberg -- since going live, Wikileaks has received so many uploads that they have had to turn that function off. They apparently have enough to keep publishing at the current rate for decades.
Warrant for his arrest in Sweden, Scotland Yard looking for him in the UK, USA considering extraditing him even though they're not sure what they will charge him with, the Swiss freezing his account. Seems like a lot of immediate interest.
He surrendered to Scotland Yard today, to answer to Sweden's arrest warrant and extradition. US hasn't even requested extradition -- all I've heard is a bunch of saber-rattling.
VISA and Paypal have frozen Wikileak's funds, apparently on concern that it is being used to fund "illegal" activity. The Swiss Bank reportedly didn't freeze his funds -- they just closed his account because he claimed Swiss residence, but couldn't prove it:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/06/julian-assange-swiss-bank-account
Assange's money is still his, if he can get it.
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