<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">I actually fear his status more in UK then if he gets extradited to Sweden, because the UK government may probably survive such a task considering there close ties to US that is accepted by the general population.<div>
<br></div><div>The Swedish government got burnt for being a bit too helpful towards the US government from 2001 - 2006 when they let US planes land with suspected terrorists on board according to the media. The government was not involved, the planes were registered as civilian aircrafts. Since they were not sure of the status of the passengers, they had to engage in covert operations to find out what was transported on those planes and strong diplomatic reactions towards US as Wikileaks enlightened in a leaked cable recently:<div>
<br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/svenskt-motstand-stoppade-cia-planen_5778299.svd">http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/svenskt-motstand-stoppade-cia-planen_5778299.svd</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/svenskt-motstand-stoppade-cia-planen_5778299.svd"></a><div>I seriously doubt they want to redo the mistake by extraditing Assange unless they want to commit political suicide and the stakes for them are high. Sweden got block politic and the social democrats ruled for 65 of the last 74 years and the democrats got there first session of more then 2 mandate periods there goal is to also win the 3rd in a 4 years so they can't afford any huge scandals.. Recently the following vague sentence resulted in massive press reactions on the net, physical media + radio and TV:</div>
<div><br></div><div>"6. (s) Swedish military and civilian intelligence organizations are strong and reliable partners on a range of key issues, particularly making a significant contribution to our understanding of events inside the Russian military and in Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The good cooperation on counterterrorism, both domestically and internationally, has helped Swedish authorities carry out their mandate to protect Swedish citizens and national interests. Due to domestic political considerations, the extent of this cooperation in not widely known within the Swedish government and it would be useful to acknowledge this cooperation privately, as public mention of the cooperation would open up the government to domestic criticism."</div>
<div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://rickfalkvinge.se/2010/12/02/hej-fra-cablegate/">http://rickfalkvinge.se/2010/12/02/hej-fra-cablegate/</a></div><div><br>
</div><div><div>There was also a 45 minutes documentary where the responsible politicians failed to duck the journalists questions and this lead to the opposition filing a complaint to the constitution committee (KU) that among other things oversees how the government rules the country in accordance with the Swedish constitution.</div>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><br></div><div>It does not seem likely they will extradite Assange to US, in particular not if there is even a suspicion of a death sentence on such a act. It was over 100 years ago anyone got executed in Sweden and the resistance against such punishment is stronger today. After the election 4 years ago, a politician had to go for not paying her TV licence so they would probably have to migrate to some extremely remote location (Alaska perhaps?) considering how hated they would become after doing anything that would even indirectly endanger Assange's life.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- Nicolas</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Qevlarr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:qevlarr@gmail.com">qevlarr@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Nicolas, "entertaining" is hardly the word I would use to describe it<br>
if he were extradited to the US. There is no chance he will get a fair<br>
trial there. They will definately go to great lengths to have him<br>
hanged for WikiLeaks.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Kevin<br>
<br>
Op 6 december 2010 22:03 heeft Nicolas Sahlqvist <<a href="mailto:nicco77@gmail.com">nicco77@gmail.com</a>><br>
het volgende geschreven:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> There is some truth in that, it is very hard for a man to prove a false<br>
> accusation against a woman, in particular when it is sex or violence<br>
> related. They are making the law stronger for every year and there have been<br>
> suggestions about a sexual consent contract from some womens groups although<br>
> it would be kinda pointless in court.<br>
> I seriously doubt this would lead to a conviction against Assange since<br>
> there is no hard evidence and the 2 ladies who accused him has made a mess<br>
> of the case:<br>
> <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/when-it-comes-to-assange-r-pe-case-the-swedes-are-making-it-up-as-they-go-along/" target="_blank">http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/when-it-comes-to-assange-r-pe-case-the-swedes-are-making-it-up-as-they-go-along/</a><br>
> I'd love to see this in court, will he get convicted? Public and<br>
> international outcry of political prisoner and so forth on national and<br>
> international level. Will he get extradited to US etc. for the leak? A<br>
> protest storm against Sweden would follow and they would utterly crush the<br>
> there myth of being neutral etc.<br>
> It will be entertaining and PP's will get more publicity, it sounds like a<br>
> win win to me! ;)<br>
><br>
> - Nicolas<br>
><br>
> 2010/12/6 <a href="mailto:emiljacobs@gmail.com">emiljacobs@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:emiljacobs@gmail.com">emiljacobs@gmail.com</a>><br>
>><br>
>> Ergo, alle Zweedse vaders zijn criminelen :')<br>
>><br>
>> 2010/12/6 Frank <<a href="mailto:frank87@xs4all.nl">frank87@xs4all.nl</a>><br>
>>><br>
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>>> <a href="http://925.nl/archief/2010/12/03/assange-vervolgd-vanwege-seks-zonder-condoom-niet-verkrachting" target="_blank">http://925.nl/archief/2010/12/03/assange-vervolgd-vanwege-seks-zonder-condoom-niet-verkrachting</a><br>
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>>> Het is te raar om waar te zijn.<br>
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>>> Groet,<br>
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