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Assange Denied Swedish Residence On Confidential Reasons

Posted by Soulskill on from the bet-he'd-get-in-if-he-leaked-the-finns'-secrets dept.

MotorMachineMercenar writes "The Local reports that Julian Assange has been denied a residence permit in Sweden. The WikiLeaks spokesman and Australian citizen applied for residency in August, apparently to gain the freedom of speech protection offered by Swedish laws. When asked about the reasons for the denial, a Swedish official responsible replied, '...secrecy prevails in reference to the grounds for such a decision,' essentially meaning the reasons are confidential. Assange has been recently under investigation for sexual molestation charges, which were withdrawn and then re-instated. WikiLeaks is expected to release up to 400,000 confidential US military documents in the near future, which would be the largest such leak in US history."

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  1. Confidential by amicusNYCL · · Score: 5, Funny

    When asked about the reasons for the denial, a Swedish official responsible replied, '...secrecy prevails in reference to the grounds for such a decision,' essentially meaning the reasons are confidential.

    If only there was a website where we could learn about such things.

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  2. It is a shame by TheOtherChimeraTwin · · Score: 3, Funny

    secrecy prevails in reference to the grounds for such a decision

    If only there were some site that could be used to leak that kind of information.

  3. Re:Is Julian Assange blacklisted? by Kvasio · · Score: 3, Funny

    judging by how well spam moguls and botnet kings are doing, he would be better of in Russia.

  4. I feel for ya... by halivar · · Score: 5, Funny

    The only difference between +5 Interesting and -1 Redundant is 2 minutes.

    1. Re:I feel for ya... by interkin3tic · · Score: 4, Funny

      And the difference between +5 interesting and -1 redundant is 6 virtual points you can spend towards an imaginary pony named Mr. Bubblecatcher.

    2. Re:I feel for ya... by bigstrat2003 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Bah! I don't care for your silly rew- he catches bubbles, you say?? Tell me more.

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  5. Re:A lesson in assymetric warfare by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you create a subversive organization it has to be led by someone no one knows except organization cell leaders.

    You should always use code names like "CmdrTaco" and "CowboyNeal".

  6. Re:Is Julian Assange blacklisted? by PCM2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I do have mod points, but I honestly don't know how to mod a post that parallels Wikileaks with Death Row Records.

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  7. Re:Is Julian Assange blacklisted? by shitzu · · Score: 4, Funny

    in no time these confidential reasons will be published on wikileaks

  8. Re:Motives by MichaelSmith · · Score: 3, Funny

    If Assange can't live in Sweden, it forces him to flee to some other location within the US' grasp... perhaps even the US itself.

    That would be the worst place for him to go. So far he has been safe in Australia where he has the advantage of citizenship. I suspect he has too many ex girlfriends there to make it a happy place though.

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  9. Re:We Need another WikiLeak by blair1q · · Score: 2, Funny

    It would be even more poetic if he never found out.