[pp.int.general] Assange arrested

[Justus Römeth]

Too be fair, even though I think the charges are BS in spite of the 
rigid Swedish laws, this was the only feasible thing to do. And, even if 
he were to be extradicted to the US or Australia (which would be 
laughable and political suicide at least for social democracy in Europe) 
it wouldn't stop the links.

What I find worrying is that A the media makes it seem like he was 
avoiding arrest, while he was in contact with Scotland Yard directly and 
with the Swedish prosecutors through his lawyers, and that American 
leaders applaud his arrest, even though it has NOTHING to do with what 
they are actually worrying about.

-J


On 07.12.10 13:36, Joonas Mäkinen wrote:
> Gotta admit that it is sort of amazing that even with all the rage and
> accusation about wrecking national security, what he is willing to go
> to court for is having sex without condom in Sweden. Has he even been
> officially sued concerning anything WikiLeaks-related?
>
> He might look for too much attention for his own good but even if they
> detained him somehow indefinitely, they won't stop the leaks or, more
> importantly, the internet phenomena of crowdsourcing, whistleblowing
> and decentralisation that we see. It only fuels the grassroots
> activities if something fishy happens to Assange.
>
> 2010/12/7, Wesley Schwengle<wesley at schwengle.net>:
>> Most of you have seen it probably via twitter, but still..
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11937110
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>> Wesley Schwengle
>> E: wesley at schwengle.net T: +31 6 26242807
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