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A possible blunder. This is way bigger than McKinnon and he had to fight tooth and nail. If Assange is not extradited to Sweden there is a good chance he will
by binarymax 16y ago
A possible blunder. This is way bigger than McKinnon and he had to fight tooth and nail. If Assange is not extradited to Sweden there is a good chance he will be sent to the US (maybe as an enemy combatant).
- ebaysucks 16y agoOn what possible legal grounds?
- sigzero 16y agoYou assume there needs to be legal ground.
- TallGuyShort 16y agoBut of course there does! Why, you need legal ground to issue an arrest warra.... Oh wait - now I see your point....
- binarymax 16y agoIf you are officially accused of being a terrorist (or aiding a terrorist organisation) by the states, they can hold you indefinitely. The UK can hold you as well without reason for a specified period as well (90 days?). The UK has very little to gain from his release and much to lose - it will injure US/UK relations.
- arethuza 16y agoI think (hope) there would be a fairly strong backlash against any suggestion that he is to be extradited to the US on anything associated with terrorism.
- pbhjpbhj 16y agoI'd have thought a charge of espionage or treason would be more likely.
- arethuza 16y agoHe's Australian - I can't see how he could be extradited to the US for treason. [Edit: On second thoughts I think I'm expecting a bit too much rational behavior from our legal system, they'd probably extradite him if he was accused of shooting Abraham Lincoln]
- regularfry 16y agoYou cannot be held for 90 days in the UK. That was where the previous government tried to get to, but they were blocked. It currently stands that you can be held for 28 days without trial, and the government have to renew that every 6 months.