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> Sigurdur Thordarson, a key witness for the FBI against Julian Assange, has been jailed in Iceland. ... Thordarson was given immunity by the FBI in exchange fo
by dane-pgp 5y ago
> Sigurdur Thordarson, a key witness for the FBI against Julian Assange, has been jailed in Iceland. ... Thordarson was given immunity by the FBI in exchange for testimony against Julian Assange.
I wonder if this witness's motivation for testifying will factor into the decision of the High Court when it hears the Biden administration's appeal of the rejection of their extradition request.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> I wonder if this witness's motivation for testifying will factor into the decision of the High Court when it hears the Biden administration's appeal of the rejection of their extradition request. Is there a cross-appeal or does the Court consider the case de novo? Because the lower court found the standards for a basis for extradition were met, but that the US could not provide adequate guarantees against Assange taking his own life; without a cross-appeal or de novo review, the basic standards shouldn't be relitigated on appeal.
- dane-pgp 5y agoGood point, thank you. According to a recent update, the appeal will be heard on October 27-28 and will cover five grounds for appeal: https://assangedefense.org/hearing-coverage/u-s-allowed-to-expand-scope-of-assange-appeal/ https://assangedefense.org/hearing-coverage/u-s-allowed-to-e...
- LatteLazy 5y agoIt's not likely, one of the wonders of the UK extradition process to the US is that the US doesn't need to produce evidence for extradition, they just need "reasonable suspicion". This isn't true the other way around... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK%E2%80%93US_extradition_treaty_of_2003 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK%E2%80%93US_extradition_tr...
- toyg 5y agoThat treaty was an actual act of vassalage, nevermind the EU stuff.