Quote Originally Posted by Latindancer View Post
I agree with Larvidchr's scenario on the previous page and quoted by Little Chuchok above. (Little Chuchok...have you read the details of the case ? ) It is the simplest most direct explanation and takes into account human frailties.
However there is one part in all this I don't understand in light of the following post:

Quote Originally Posted by larvidchr View Post
the EU including UK and Sweden have an extradition treaty for the whole of the EU, a treaty they all are legally bound by, the EU have then made a collective extradition treaty with the US, one of the conditions in said treaty is that any EU country can refuse to extradite anyone risking the death penalty in the US.
and that is : do you think that the US did not ask for extradition (on a possible charge of espionage) from Britain because Britain has a strong civil rights record ? That they would be less likely to extradite than Sweden ? Because this is the point I don't understand. Why the hullabaloo about extradition from Sweden, when it could have been requested from Britain ?
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I don't think the US even care where Assange is at this stage, because I believe they have yet to find cause backed by US law to ask for Assanges extradition, I believe they need the Manning case to go on before possible evidence would come to light that could nail Assange, and I believe they have some trouble even getting the Manning case going.

I honestly think the US is quite satisfied to see Assanges decline from afar, they have Manning, and the whole world now knows that what Assange did is extremely dangerous, and even if the US can't get to you in person there is many ways like financial etc. they can go to destroy you, just look how they have strangled the money-flow to wikileaks, so more or less job done already.

But of-cause the US will take him if they at some point can get him served on a silver platter, but his crime will never warrant a demand for the death sentence no matter what people claim that to be, it's hyped up rubbish, every one can think to themselves that this is not an option for the US diplomatically, even if they had Assange.