Julian Assange: police removed from outside Ecuadorian embassy (1 Viewer)

[TheDemSocialist]

Scotland Yard has called off its multimillion pound 24-hour surveillance of the Ecuadorian embassy where Julian Assange has been living for 40 months, having decided the operation is “no longer proportionate”.
The WikiLeaks founder, an Australian national, sought political asylum at the embassy in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where prosecutors want to question him over rape allegations. In August they dropped their investigation into two other claims – one of sexual molestation and one of unlawful coercion – because they ran out of time to question him.
Metropolitan police officers have maintained a constant watch of the embassy in Knightsbridge, central London, at a cost of at least £11.1m, according to figuresreleased by Scotland Yard in June.

Julian Assange pictured in August. Photograph: Yui Mok/PAA statement from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on Monday said the operation to arrest Assange continued but it was “no longer proportionate to commit officers to a permanent presence”.

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Hmmmm... Interesting development... Is Assange gonna win this one? Some interesting ideas out there of getting him out of the embassy and safetly to a more hospitable and comftorable asylum is that he could be apointed Ecuadors ambassador and scurried out using diplomatic immunity...

 

[EnigmaO01]

Is it just me but does anyone else wonder if he was set up on the sexual charges?

I remember when the general in charge of Abu Ghraib, Janis Karpinski, was charged with shoplifting of a PX. Sounded bogus too.

 

[TheDemSocialist]

Is it just me but does anyone else wonder if he was set up on the sexual charges?

I remember when the general in charge of Abu Ghraib, Janis Karpinski, was charged with shoplifting of a PX. Sounded bogus too.

Although there hasnt been any direct evidence that will prove this, some of the charges dont make much sense. 10 days in Sweden: the full allegations against Julian Assange | Media | The Guardian But its definitely a possibility

 

[Natan]

Although there hasnt been any direct evidence that will prove this, some of the charges dont make much sense. 10 days in Sweden: the full allegations against Julian Assange | Media | The Guardian But its definitely a possibility

Errrr... Did you read the link you just posted? That is the most concocted unbelievable **** I've read.

The first complainant did not make a complaint for six days (in which she hosted the respondent in her flat [actually her bed] and spoke in the warmest terms about him to her friends) until she discovered he had spent the night with the other complainant.

"The second complainant, too, failed to complain for several days until she found out about the first complainant: she claimed that after several acts of consensual sexual intercourse, she fell half asleep and thinks that he ejaculated without using a condom – a possibility about which she says they joked afterwards

Rape!!!!

Of course it has been clear to anyone following the case from the beginning that Sweden has been acting like the lap dog of the United States and these charges are completely bogus.

 

[TheDemSocialist]

Errrr... Did you read the link you just posted? That is the most concocted unbelievable **** I've read.


Rape!!!!

Of course it has been clear to anyone following the case from the beginning that Sweden has been acting like the lap dog of the United States and these charges are completely bogus.

The article goes into both sides of the argument quoting both the official accusations against him, and also speaks to his lawyers and supporters... Read the whole article.

 

[Natan]

The article goes into both sides of the argument quoting both the official accusations against him, and also speaks to his lawyers and supporters... Read the whole article.

All the rest is full of contradictions too. The bottom provides probably the best summary of what most likely transpired. Miss A found out about Miss B, Miss B found out about Miss A. Mister C (IA) encourages Miss A and B to file nonsensical charges.

 

[TheDemSocialist]

All the rest is full of contradictions too. The bottom provides probably the best summary of what most likely transpired. Miss A found out about Miss B, Miss B found out about Miss A. Mister C (IA) encourages Miss A and B to file nonsensical charges.

Very well could be. Just saying the article presents both sides of the argument. But none the less, I think we will never find out the truth, and Assange will not go to jail.

 

[joG]

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Hmmmm... Interesting development... Is Assange gonna win this one? Some interesting ideas out there of getting him out of the embassy and safetly to a more hospitable and comftorable asylum is that he could be apointed Ecuadors ambassador and scurried out using diplomatic immunity... [/FONT][/COLOR]

If a paranoid suspected rapist has "won" after spending years in house arrest because he did not want to face rape charges, because he believed the country, where he committed the crime would extradite him to a country he had committed no crime in and ..... Well, maybe he might consider himself to have "won", if he can now flee to a country people think him a hero.

 

[joG]

Is it just me but does anyone else wonder if he was set up on the sexual charges?

I remember when the general in charge of Abu Ghraib, Janis Karpinski, was charged with shoplifting of a PX. Sounded bogus too.

Oh. There is a whole army of conspiracy theorists out there. But that is stuff for an other forum.

 

[LadyMoonlight]

Had to smile to myself when I read this. Assange does not like to be out of the news, he doesn't want the public to forget him. Every now and then I think, hmmmmm I bet Assange will be in the news again soon as he hasn't been heard about for several months and that does not make him happy. So what happens, I had this very thought a few days ago, and bingo, there he is in the news again!

Now, personally, I found the rape charges convenient timing, so I have doubts on Assange being a rapist, he is most likely innocent of rape. However, if he was so "brave", so full of the truth, as to release the information to the world wide community that he did because he believed in a principle, I would think that he would want the world wide community to know that he is innocent and want to be tried on the rape charges. If he was as smart as he thinks he is, he would surrender to the authorities after making it clear on international news that he was surrendering to face these charges on the sworn, very public promise of the Swedish government not to extradite him to America. The more public the trial, the more the international community kept a very close eye on the process, the less chance of him disappearing from public view. If he was to suddenly disappear, the whole world would point a finger at America and apply international pressure for his release.

Assange does not look like a brave rebel fighting the system on his principles, he looks like a frightened, naughty little boy hiding behind the skirts of someone able to hide him from a big, bad world.

 

[PeteEU]

Looking past the case it self, my problem comes with the Swedish prosecutor and their actions.. and it leans towards the conspiracy theory that the Swedes were working with the Americans. Why? The Swedish prosecutor uses the European arrest warrant to get to Assange, despite it being only for questioning? It is a total abuse of the European arrest warrant system. Makes no sense they would go through that much hassle for just questioning. It also goes against normal procedure as I understand it. Normally the Swedish prosecutor would go to the person they wanted to question, regardless where in the world. But not in this case? I know Assange offered to be questioned in London.. but the Swedes insisted to have him extradited for questioning?

 

[EnigmaO01]

Oh. There is a whole army of conspiracy theorists out there. But that is stuff for an other forum.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist but just asking as the charges seemed so convenient in timing.