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Originally Posted by Sixty

I was going off the Beeb report.

That'll teach you. Here's a link to the story from a more reliable source that I know you will grow to love and trust:-

Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder seeks political asylum at Ecuador Embassy in London | Mail Online

Is he planning to live the rest of his life in the embassy? He can't step outside or he'll be nicked. The Ecuadory errm, Equodarian, erm, oh bugger it. The Diegos can't make him a diplomat without Foreign Office permission. What will they do? Sneak him out in a giant diplomatic bag?

Originally Posted by Sixty

Confusingly, he's claiming asylum because the Australians (!) won't protect him apparently and also fears pertaining to extradition to the US.

I think he's still an Australian citizen. No doubt ASIO and/or ASIS would like to have a chat with him as well.

Originally Posted by Plant-Pilot

Reports are popping up that Assange is seeking asylum and is in the protection of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Do innocent people jump bail and seek political asylum when they are only extradited for questioning on a criminal matter? I mean, Sweden of all places! Not exactly a hotbed of torture is it? So why the drama?

Unless of course he's guilty of the sexual assault charges.

Well the rest of your life in the arms of an Ecuardorian dusty maid, has to be better than, the 10zillion years the yanks would lock him up for, when the Sweeds ship him to the US. Which as we al no is exactly what he was worried about in the first place.

Originally Posted by Goldbricker

Ssssshhh, want to see the look on his albino face when the US Marshalls are waiting for him at Quito....

More likely a few large angry men putting a sandbag over his head.

Originally Posted by Ancient_Mariner

That'll teach you. Here's a link to the story from a more reliable source that I know you will grow to love and trust:-

Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder seeks political asylum at Ecuador Embassy in London | Mail Online

Is he planning to live the rest of his life in the embassy? He can't step outside or he'll be nicked. The Ecuadory errm, Equodarian, erm, oh bugger it. The Diegos can't make him a diplomat without Foreign Office permission. What will they do? Sneak him out in a giant diplomatic bag?

No but they can put him on an aeroplane once they grant him asylum and send him to Equador. It's what political asylum means dufus.

Originally Posted by Robbeaus

Well the rest of your life in the arms of an Ecuardorian dusty maid, has to be better than, the 10zillion years the yanks would lock him up for, when the Sweeds ship him to the US. Which as we al no is exactly what he was worried about in the first place.

Did IQs just drop sharply whilst I was away?

I said above, he has not been indicted by the US and thus they have not made any extradition requests.

What do the following have in common? Assange, Polanski, Kennedy and Clinton?

Originally Posted by Pyianno

To my knowledge he has not been indicted of anything in the US?

The US do not have an Official Secrets Act. They have only ever charged (I think) 7 'leakers' in their ~230 year history, all under the Espionage Act, and I think only one person has ever been convicted. Convictions under the Act have never been appealed to the Supreme Court, so their constitutional efficacy is unknown. There is a widely held view the convictions would be ruled unconstitutional should they ever reach the Supreme Court, although the Supreme Court by convention do not interfere in matters of National Security unless strictly necessary.

But the yanks do execute people who piss them off. If one route don't work, they would simply find another. Besides which what's to stop them plonking him in Gittmo for ever?
Better the Equedorian dusty dose of the clap, than trust those god fearing yanks.