> Assange said he would go to Sweden if provided with a diplomatic guarantee that he would not be turned over to the United States, Sounds incredibly arbitrary

> Assange said he would go to Sweden if provided with a diplomatic guarantee that he would not be turned over to the United States, Sounds incredibly arbitrary to make such a guarantee. I'm not surprised the government was unwilling to do so. > ...to which the Swedish foreign ministry stated that Sweden's legislation does not allow any judicial decision like extradition to be predetermined. The above may be wrong. Such a decision may be legal. However, that's far from saying such decisions are "standard". > However, the Swedish government is free to reject extradition requests from non-EU countries, independent of any court decision. As previously stated. The fact that they have such a right doesn't mean they'll use it. Such rules exist to allow for emergency exceptions. I don't see how the sitting government (not the police), being unwilling to exceptionally override a court recommendation, ahead of the decision, implies the Swedish police or prosecution was compromised. They just did their job.