Sweden Defends Wiki Sex Case About-Face

crimeandpunishment writes "Mistake? We didn't make a mistake. That's what Swedish prosecutors said Sunday as they defended their handling of a rape allegation against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The Swedish Prosecution Authority said the prosecutor who issued the arrest warrant Friday did not make a mistake, even though a higher-ranked prosecutor withdrew the warrant the next day. A spokesperson for the Authority said: 'The prosecutor who took over the case yesterday had more information, and that is why she made a different assessment than the on-call prosecutor.' Assange, who was in Sweden seeking legal protection for the site as it prepares to leak more Afghan war documents, told a Swedish tabloid newspaper, 'I don't know who's behind this but we have been warned that for example the Pentagon plans to use dirty tricks to spoil things for us.'" We covered the warrant being issued and withdrawn yesterday.

Comments

But can we really believe him?

[Anonymous Coward]

He is an accused rapist after all.

Re:Foreshadowing.

[bsDaemon]

Maybe they can put it on WikiLeaks. That'll show him!

Set for life on the excuse front.

[6350']

In other news, Julian Assange gets parking ticket, blames vast Pentagon conspiracy to sully his name!

Re:Foreshadowing.

[Ethanol-fueled]

everything that comes from wikileaks will be something that came from "that organization that distributes kiddie porn".

Well, last I checked plenty of people, myself included, still use Wikipedia. Heh heh, pedia.

Re:Foreshadowing.

[grcumb]

We need two Jullian Assanges; We need many!

"I AM SPARTA- uh, I mean... Julia Assa... uh... Line?"

Re:Foreshadowing.

[P0ltergeist333]

This is also why Pvt Manning continues to be held incommunicado at the special torture facility in Kuwait.

This sentence might be considered true if by incommunicado you mean talking to his lawyer, and by special torture facility you mean Marine Corps Base, and by Kuwait you mean Virginia...