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Swedish Investigators Attempt Assange Interview; Wikileaks Makes Major Release

Posted by samzenpus on from the to-talk-or-not-to-talk dept.

cold fjord writes: It seems Julian Assange rates his own section (The Assange Matter) on a Swedish government website related to the investigation. It contains some FAQs on points that seem to keep coming up in Slashdot discussions. The website isn't completely up to date at the moment since it doesn't discuss the recent attempt by Swedish investigators to interview Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Unfortunately that attempt failed since the government of Ecuador didn't give permission to the Swedish delegation to enter their embassy. That is quite odd given the years of demands for this. Concurrent with this, Wikileaks has started releasing what is reported to be more than 500,000 leaked Saudi Arabian diplomatic documents that are sure to stir up some controversies. Most are in Arabic so it may take some time for their contents to filter out.

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  1. Run out the Clock by mbone · · Score: 4, Informative

    Unfortunately that attempt failed since the government of Ecuador didn't give permission to the Swedish delegation to enter their embassy. That is quite odd given the years of demands for this.

    Not odd at all.

    The Statue of Limitations on some of the charges against Assange run out this August.

    1. Re:Run out the Clock by AmiMoJo · · Score: 5, Informative

      TFA mentions that they were unable to compete the necessary paperwork, but that they fully intend to and have simply pushed the interview date back a little. The Swedish don't seem particularly alarmed about this. The request was not refused, they just didn't submit the necessary paperwork.

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    2. Re: Run out the Clock by DarkOx · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Anyways, what Assange did qualifies as rape in every country I know of.

      I think you mean what Assange is accused of having done by people who have changed their story at least once.

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    3. Re:Run out the Clock by MightyMartian · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The statute of limitations, so far as I understand it, is a limitation on how long prosecutors can wait to press charges. Maybe that's different in Sweden, but in general, I don't think it has anything to do with sentencing. Once you've been sentenced, even in absentia, there is no limit on the amount of time that the jurisdiction that convicted can take in trying to get you to carry out your sentence (ie. there are only two ways Roman Polanski can no longer be at least theoretically held to account; either he serves his sentence, or he dies).

      It's absurd to say there's a statute of limitations on how long it takes to bring somebody into court. If that were the case, then someone charged with a crime who flees would be able to return to the jurisdiction that originally charged him when the limitation was up.

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    4. Re: Run out the Clock by mbone · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Anyways, what Assange did qualifies as rape in every country I know of.

      Really? Let me introduce you to the United Kingdom. It is a fairly small country, but it does have its charms.

      I think it would be fairer to say that what Assange is alleged to have done would not qualify as rape in any first world country except Sweden

  2. So they walk up to the fence and talk by drnb · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ecuador didn't give permission to the Swedish delegation to enter their embassy.

    Fine. Assange stands on embassy grounds while the investigators stand outside embassy grounds and they talk.

    Hasn't Assange done so with journalists?

    1. Re:So they walk up to the fence and talk by AmiMoJo · · Score: 5, Informative

      The summary makes it sound like they refused to give permission, but actually TFA says that the Swedish simply didn't submit the right paperwork yet due to some delay and have merely pushed the interview date back a little. No refusal has been given, they simply have not applied yet.

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  3. Site. by SuricouRaven · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Could we not link to the sort of site which also carries "The miracle that cured my son’s autism was in our kitchen" and "Elin Nordegren has Sex on the Beach in the Hamptons" on the front page?

  4. Same tired propaganda by Uberbah · · Score: 4, Informative

    Assange offered to return to Sweden years ago if the government promised not to hand him over to the United States for "intelligence crimes", which even propagandist Rei admits they aren't supposed to do.

    Sweden has never made such a promise, which is why Assange was granted asylum, and why you're an authoritarian bootlicker.