> Are you saying that, like Al Capone, Assange has somehow threatened people with knowledge of some greater crime? I'm not sure what you mean by this, so I'm n

> Are you saying that, like Al Capone, Assange has somehow threatened people with knowledge of some greater crime? I'm not sure what you mean by this, so I'm not sure how to answer - if you expand I'm happy to respond. I'm not an expert on Assange or Capone. I invoked the example because I understand that people dislike Assange for reasons related that are unevenly covered by the law. That seemed similar to Capone who, as I understand, operated at a time where little of his actual behavior violated the law (though he was at the top of a violent criminal organization). The things people dislike Assange for may or may not be narrowly legal - but their feelings towards him will affect how they treat these charges against him. > The prosecutor declined. This is a longer discussion, which we can have. Generally, for the Swedish legal system to be able to take action, it must have power over the object of its action. Saying you will "cooperate" as long as you aren't subject to the power of a process which demands power over you seems, to me, like a rhetorical maneuver than genuine effort to engage. His arrest illustrates why he was nervous about leaving the embassy, of course, but doesn't make evasive representations more true.