If Assange knows what's good for him, he would not be interrogated even in Scotland Yard because then the the <i>Treaty of Amsterdam (1997)</i> would kick in and he could get arrested by the UK and extradited to Sweden and upon an extradition/rendition request from the US be sent to the US and possibly walk the last green mile depending on where he is tried.<div>
<br></div><div>This is of interest because Assange and Wikileaks are synonymous with freedom of information regardless of the source or how the information was extracted even if it means violating national sovereignty arguments of "national security". I aem sure that some countries are already classifying Assange as a terrorist. His character is sort of like the Robin Hood of the digital age. So is he a terrorist or Robin Hood?<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Norbert Klein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nhklein@gmx.net" target="_blank">nhklein@gmx.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>On 8/19/2012 6:26 AM, Ginger Paque
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">A very important point is stated at <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11949341" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11949341</a><span style="padding-right:16px;width:16px;min-height:16px"></span><br>
This would appear to make the extradition unnecessary.<br>
<br>
This doesn't mean that the sexual misconduct charges should not be
investigated (whatever they actually are: I don't know).<br>
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18 November 2010</h2>
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Stockholm
District Court approves a request to detain Mr Assange for
questioning on suspicion of rape, sexual molestation and
unlawful coercion. Sweden's Director of Prosecution Marianne Ny
says he has not been available for questioning.</p>
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Mr
Assange's British lawyer Mark Stephens says his client offered
to be interviewed at the Swedish embassy in London or Scotland
Yard or via video link. He accuses Ms Ny of "abusing her powers"
in insisting that Mr Assange return to Sweden.</p>
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As I said before: I think this is extremely important - guilty or
not is not what I would like to see discussed at present. <br>
<br>
I repeat: "For more than 19 months now, the Swedish government has
refused to explain why he could not be questioned in the UK."<div class="im"><br>
<br>
<br>
Norbert Klein<br>
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<a href="mailto:nhklein@gmx.net" target="_blank">nhklein@gmx.net</a><br>
<a href="http://www.thinking21.org" target="_blank">http://www.thinking21.org</a><br>
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