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That is quite clever. You can't just arrest him. You can't just kill him either because then we all would know who dun it, but rape is well, anyone can be accus

by Ardit20 16y ago

That is quite clever. You can't just arrest him. You can't just kill him either because then we all would know who dun it, but rape is well, anyone can be accused of rape, it would be your word against the "victim". It would be quite a circus show though. We would get to learn about every little detail. In this kind of case, it should not be a sample of the public, that is the jury of 12 ordinary people of the public who decide, but the entire public. Have the entire trial in public, in front of the cameras, and let the public know everything the jury does.

rickmb 16y ago
Small addition: you can't kill him because of this: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/wikileaks-insurance-file/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/wikileaks-insurance... But anything that damages the man that can not be directly traced back to the source will do fine. In that case, the obvious choices are either possession of child porn or rape. And the first would be hard to pull off with a paranoid tech-savvy guy. Which leaves accusing him of rape, which is the perfect crime to frame someone with, since you can take it all the way to court without a shred of physical evidence. None of this excludes the possibility that he actually did it, but it is the perfect scenario for a frame-job. Don't think it will come that far though. I would put my money on the following scenario: 1) Assange turns himself in. 2) He is led away in front of the cameras in an unnecessarily humiliating and public way, making him look like a criminal, which is a very powerful image. 3) The victim mysteriously disappears, making sure there will always be lingering doubts. Damage done, operation successful. Even if it won't stop Assange, it will scare the crap out of anyone thinking of helping him.
- jacquesm 16y ago
  I was with you until '3'.
pwim 16y ago
Given that it is Sweden, there won't be a "jury of 12 ordinary people": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Sweden http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Sweden

by Ardit20 16y ago

rickmb 16y ago

Small addition: you can't kill him because of this: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/wikileaks-insurance-file/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/wikileaks-insurance... But anything that damages the man that can not be directly traced back to the source will do fine. In that case, the obvious choices are either possession of child porn or rape. And the first would be hard to pull off with a paranoid tech-savvy guy. Which leaves accusing him of rape, which is the perfect crime to frame someone with, since you can take it all the way to court without a shred of physical evidence. None of this excludes the possibility that he actually did it, but it is the perfect scenario for a frame-job. Don't think it will come that far though. I would put my money on the following scenario: 1) Assange turns himself in. 2) He is led away in front of the cameras in an unnecessarily humiliating and public way, making him look like a criminal, which is a very powerful image. 3) The victim mysteriously disappears, making sure there will always be lingering doubts. Damage done, operation successful. Even if it won't stop Assange, it will scare the crap out of anyone thinking of helping him.

jacquesm 16y ago
I was with you until '3'.

pwim 16y ago

Given that it is Sweden, there won't be a "jury of 12 ordinary people": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Sweden http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Sweden