| > he was still gonna face U.S. extradition Which would have been no different to the UK Lets take the conspiracy theory at face value 1) Assange in UK
2) Sweden tried to extradite him (via an EAW) relating to charges in Sweden
3) Assange goes to Sweden
4) The charges are dropped, but instead the US extradites him from Sweden to the US 1) Assange in UK
2) Sweden tried to extradite him (via an EAW) relating to charges in Sweden
3) Assange goes to Sweden
4) The charges are actually real, he goes to trial, gets off, then the US extradites him from Sweden to the US 1) Assange in UK
2) Sweden tried to extradite him (via an EAW) relating to charges in Sweden
3) Assange goes to Sweden
4) The charges are actually real, he goes to trial, goes to jail, then the US extradites him from Sweden to the US after his sentence 1) Assange in UK
2) Sweden tried to extradite him (via an EAW) relating to charges in Sweden
3) Assange doesn't goes to Sweden
4) The US extradites him from UK to the US Why is Scenario 4 any different to scenarios 1, 2, 3? |
Sweden has historically been more than happy to just let US intelligence just black bag Swedish residents and take them to prisons in countries that allow torture, whereas until recently the UK wouldn't even let extraordinary rendition flights refuel on British territory.