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Assange Loses Latest Round In Extradition Fight
Richard_at_work writes "After losing his appeal to the UK Supreme Court a couple of weeks ago, Assange's lawyer was given leave to seek a reopening of the case on particular grounds — the UK Supreme Court has now rejected those grounds and upheld its earlier ruling that Assange should be extradited, which could happen in the next few days."
Welcome to Team USA: World Police
This all reminds me of a reality show now.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
I thought you had to be accused of a crime that is extraditable to be extradited.
You can't be extradited for drinking alcohol in Saudi Arabia because that's not a crime here.
I don't want to live in a world where people fear the truth. As you can see, it is a problem that the lies only get bigger and bigger. Assange shouldn't fear going to court to display the truth. But everyone knows its just a stunt to get him put away.
Well. He might just be guilty. If he would have replied to the prosecutors questions directly he would be either convicted or acquitted by now, most probably the sentence that was correct as Swedish courts are as good as any other west European...
My guess is that he consider himself guilty as he goes to these extreme lengths to evade the questioning (there is no prosecution yet).
Hopefully he has used some of his money to prepay for a rescue, in the event he were to end up in the hands of the US.
Not wearing a condom? Oooh, most of the USA male population to the right wing are guilty of that!
Shagging women? Most men: guilty.
Funnily enough, there's not even a warrant for arrest. Do you have one? No? YOU SEXUAL DEVIANT YOU!!!
And... cue the ignorant douchebags shouting about how this is just a ploy for the US gov't to get its hands on him.
And... cue the +5 Insightfuls for people who have no idea how the process of extradition under an EU Arrest Warrant works, but are absolutely sure that somehow Sweden will throw away its relations with the EU in order to satisfy the US, when the US could have just as easily requested extradition directly from the UK if they wanted him.
Because it's only FUD if you disagree with it.
Time was, Slashdotters had a bit of logic and rational thought to go along with their opinions. Now it's just tin foil hats and "it must be true because I read it on a BLOG! On the INTERNET!" all the way down.
Just to recap, Assange was accused of rape days by two woman days after they had CONSENTED sex with him (it was consented at the time), they changed it to UNCONSENTED sex after a discussion between them. Which looks very much like one or both are honey traps, most likely the second woman who came along, was so hot to trot she had a fingering session in a movie theater, and yet later claims to have been raped.
In other news, an EU Commissioner who opposed Israel control of US, now stands accused of tax fraud after his bank transfer records were handed to the Belgian tax authorities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_De_Gucht
2010: ""Do not underestimate the Jewish lobby on Capitol Hill. That is the best organized lobby, you shouldn't underestimate the grip it has on American politics – no matter whether it's Republicans or Democrats"
http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/news/120612_De_gucht
"The taxman was eager to discover the source of certain sums including the money used to pay for Mr De Gucht's holiday home in Italy. "
EU handed our SWIFT data over to the US, and I wonder how many Commissioners are doing favors in exchange for NOT handing over bank records.
You know, the actual content that it leaks? Nope? Rather chat about a juicy sex story instead, with all our oh-so-clever little bon mots?
I think this is essentially Mission Accomplished for the TLAs regardless of the outcome of any eventual trial.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
He should seek country and international court damages if this is used primarily to facilitate a further extradition to the US considering his actions are properly covered under free speech and also freedom of the press.
JJ
Many here are claiming that he fought the extradition to Sweden like hell to avoid ultimately being extradited to the US, as that was the plan all along. Conspiracy theory or not, I'm wondering on what grounds this would be true? What crimes has he been accused of in the US? Is he wanted anywhere but in Sweden for more than questioning?
Being a Wikileaks pop-star doesn't make him immune from the law. And if this was all fabricated don't you think someone would have leaked that proof by now?
If he committed a crime against some women he deserves whatever he gets and he needs to stop trying to hide because it makes him out to be a coward unwilling to face the consequences of his actions. No doubt his involvement with wikileaks is fanning the flames here but lets not forget that according to ex-staffers he's tried to change that organization into a dictatorship of sorts and attacked those who questioned his decision or motives. These are signs of desperation and paranoia. Wikileaks will survive just fine without its corrupt dictator. In fact it will probably become better.
I have no more sympathy for him than I do Joran van der Sloot.
Dt Chapter 22 Verse 28-29 Original Languange
Assange violated no ancient judean law.
The people that want him punished are evil people, but they are the majority, and both men and women think as they do.
The women were prostitutes. They were neither owned by another man nor were they young virgin girls. The ancient judean laws say nothing about them as there is nothing to say.
And, no, she wasn't asleep. Or were you there observing?
Look, we know that he pulled the kecks of the USA government down and showed everyone the skidmarks. But putting a vendetta on a bloke for pointing out your failures as a country is even worse behaviour than the despicable acts JA told everyone about.
He's not even charged with a crime yet in the country he's going to be extradited to. So care to fix the rest of your sentence?
Cue the authoritarian douchebags who are hoping that no one will notice that the guy hasn't even been charged yet.
Do you own a mirror?
He's gonna get all kindsa fucked in the ass over here.
1. Assanage hasn't even been charged with a crime
2. Which wouldn't be rape, but "sex by surprise" if he were charged
3. He got permission to leave the country and it was granted
4. He's offered to answer questions remotely - offers that have been rebuffed
So, does this look like a normal prosecution or a witch hunt to you?
Here in sweden, when it is said about him that he "published secret documents", people think he is a thief, a "pirate"... Actually, the swedes do not know, generally, what wikileaks is about, they do not understand why he would be framed...
...that encrypted "insurance" file you uploaded.
No doubt he was easily setup as they knew he was massively vain and sexually creepy. That's the real tragedy of Wikileaks; they are forever tarred by this fundamentally flawed human being.
But to believe this has *nothing* to do with US hegemony is truly ignorant - especially in light of Hillary Clinton just happening to 'drop by' Sweden this week. I wouldn't be surprised if Assange touches down at Gitmo instead.
Watch.. he will get sent to the USA and put up somewhere where he will be tortured and put away for life never to be heard from again and he will disappear from the media and the minds of the american public. Hell I wouldn't even put it past the USA to kill him.
if Assange was being extradited for being a leaker ,then this warrants being /. ed. However, he's not being extradited for his role in wikileaks, just that he's being accused of using what appears to be his overly inflated self-image to foist himself unwanted on a woman. So is the 'it's /. -able' if they're known to the tech community, and do stupid stuff in their personal life ? That'd fill a lot of /. pages.
Of course, since the court ruled on a point never covered during the trial, it made a colossal fabrication and fiction of the entire proceedings --- nothing pertaining to legal process whatsoever.
To those stooges, or even worse, unthinking idiots, who keep claiming Assange and Wikileaks is some kind of intel agency ploy, those of us who have been monitoring this have never witnessed such a gargantuan amount of resources globally brought to bear to stop Wikileaks and Assange.
Paypayl, the Swiss firm, Amazon and Tableaux Software in Seattle, and Visa, etc., all bowed down to the oligarchs' pressure and power! Truly, the all-powerful Transnational Capitalist Class is calling the shots, and that leaves only one recourse.
We'll certainly quote your post when he has a mysterious accident. Who could have predicted that ..... blah blah blah - may he rest in peace.
By all means link to this rather basic conclusion when Assange is dead.
As a people you are less than any "third world" people you colonized and tried to civilize several hundred years ago if you don't display some courage as Tunisians to protest and topple the Government which is allowing these kind of disgusting miscarraige of Justice. Can't you people make a significant numbe of MP's to introduce a no confidence motion againt the PM and his cabinet? I guess not, some civilzed lot!
The entire western press was ablaze with "securing the release" of a Chinese prisoner, clearly a criminial by the law of the land, but beacuse this man was a conduit to getting docuements on criminal activites of corrupt governaments out he deserves to be hounded and hanged on made up charges.
CAPTCHA: hemlock. I suggest that the Judges involved in this case should take a sip of it to cleanse their souls.
If a woman lies to a man by saying that they can have sex without condom because she is using pills, is she guilty of rape? Or is there some kind of double standard where woman is allowed to lie about using contraceptives, but man isn't?
Soon Assange will find out what it is like to be f*cked without a condom in suprise means.
Assange will become Raped-in-the-ASSange in US prison once Sweden extradites him.
I don't know if Assanage is guilty of a sex crime but if he is he should be prosecuted. If this is all about the US Gov. trying to shut him up ....well you know how it goes. Any one who dismiss Assanage as inconsequential hasn't got a clue or is a troll or worse! Like it or not Assanage has become the face of transparency. It goes with out saying that the US Gov. whats to smack down this guy ....just remember the rhetoric coming out of the US when the leaks started, the suspension of the access to financial support, how after the leak the charges from Sweden surfaced. Look at whats being said about the US's kill list and that leak...through the regular press.
Yes.
For centuries. Try to keep up.
However, to answer your question: "By 'entering and breaking in' this female you are hereby entering into a financial agreement with this female whereby you agree to clothe her, feed her, house her and sustain her and any children she produces".
A percentage of the female population on this planet consider sexual intercourse to be a commitment to marriage, if not a formal proposal of marriage.
In many places, still today in the 21st century, the person you just slept with is now considered your Wife.
A very high percentage of the females I know consider intercourse to be a formal establishment of a public relationship, eg boyfriend / girlfriend. Hell, it is how I was bagged..
As for those EULA 'terms' .. See also: The Rules .. the 'terms' are never quite spelt out, tend to change over time and as circumstances change, and as a general rule can be quite frustrating and annoying; but most importantly: you only ever find out about them once you have been tripped by them.
and, as a general rule, no
She wasn't a virgin. Deut 22 28-29 is about rape not seduction, of a YOUNG GIRL (not a full grown ass woman)
I was talking about JUDEA NOT Israel. Deuteronomy was the law of Judea, not exodus.
Read the hebrew douchebag