Sweden drops rape case against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange - Sensationalist Headlines

[url]http://metro.co.uk/2017/05/19/sweden-drops-case-against-julian-assange-6647443[/url] [QUOTE]Sweden’s Director of Public Prosecution, Marianne Ny, has decided to discontinue the investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, she announced. He is currently living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has been for six-and-a-half years to avoid extradition over the allegation of rape, which he denies. [...] Mr Assange could leave the embassy today as a result of the announcement.[/QUOTE]

Finally. I'd be careful if I were him, though.

Maybe we can stop wasting money on this shell of a story now. They'll likely drop another charge on him the minute he leaves the embassy.

[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;52248738]Maybe we can stop wasting money on this shell of a story now. They'll likely drop another charge on him the minute he leaves the embassy.[/QUOTE] He still can't leave - they can arrest him for not surrendering for the original warrant.

He's served his purpose for the Russians in ensuring plenty of dirt was publicized on Hillary. Now Trump (Or Putin via someone in the WH), is scratching Julian's back in return. Remember that it was the US that lobbied so hard for charges against him in the first place.

[QUOTE=glitchvid;52249018]He's served his purpose for the Russians in ensuring plenty of dirt was publicized on Hillary. Now Trump (Or Putin via someone in the WH), is scratching Julian's back in return. Remember that it was the US that lobbied so hard for charges against him in the first place.[/QUOTE] Considering how many people are convinced that his indictment was solely a political tool and he could not possibly have actually committed a crime, I'm surprised that the assumption in this thread is that he's being released out of the goodwill of the Swedish prosecution and not because the current US administration has directly benefitted from his actions. Like, if someone believes that the warrant was only issued and maintained in the first place because of the US, then logically it would also be because of the US that the warrant was eventually dropped. If Assange has been cooped up in the Ecuadorian embassy for [I]years[/I] solely because the US was continuously pushing for his extradition and strong-arming the Swedes into complying, it seems far more likely that the US stopped strong-arming them than that the Swedes suddenly decided not to play ball after years of compliance. The alternative is that it wasn't a US-led extradition effort in the first place, and the prosecutors gave up because they would not be able to muster a solid case so long after the alleged attack.

can't they just chop him into small chunks and carry him out of the embassy in diplomatic briefcases and reassemble him in russia or whatever

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;52249389]can't they just chop him into small chunks and carry him out of the embassy in diplomatic briefcases and reassemble him in russia or whatever[/QUOTE] They could've just chucked him in the boot of an embassy car I would've thought. I imagine getting him onto a plane down the track would be the real struggle.

If you think about it, it's like he already served a jail term anyway with how long he spent in there.

[QUOTE=MuTAnT;52249517]They could've just chucked him in the boot of an embassy car I would've thought. I imagine getting him onto a plane down the track would be the real struggle.[/QUOTE] disguise him inside 1 of the embassy car seats and get it onto a ferry then he can jump over board and rendezvous with a Russian submarine which takes him home.

clearly the only appropriate way to get him out is to build a rocket capable of getting to orbit atop the embassy, getting him up there, then have him land somewhere where he isn't liable to be detained, like Antarctica.

Zipline out the window straight into an embassy car.

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;52249389]can't they just chop him into small chunks and carry him out of the embassy in diplomatic briefcases and reassemble him in russia or whatever[/QUOTE] What makes you think he wants to go to Russia? Last time I checked, he wanted to be in Ecuador or I believe Iceland.

Thread: [URL="https://tweetsave.com/swiftonsecurity/status/865595770921209861"][media]https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/865595770921209861[/media][/URL] [...] [URL="https://tweetsave.com/swiftonsecurity/status/865611928126803969"][media]https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/865611928126803969[/media][/URL] [...] Looks like the case isn't dropped after all, though the European arrest warrant may be discontinued.

If he didn't rape her then there's no need to hide. :)

[QUOTE=Viper123_SWE;52249880]If he didn't rape her then there's no need to hide. :)[/QUOTE] Escaping a possible rape crime wasn't the reason he was hiding [editline]20th May 2017[/editline] I knew cases take a long time but not this long holy shit [t]https://tenryuu.blob.core.windows.net/astrid/17-05-20_04-51-35-SwiftOnSecurity_on_Twitter_@lennartregebro_Swede.png[/t]

[QUOTE=mdeceiver79;52249598]disguise him inside 1 of the embassy car seats and get it onto a ferry then he can jump over board and rendezvous with a Russian submarine which takes him home.[/QUOTE] Under the disguise of Ricoh photocopier techs upgrading the embassy photocopier you hide Assange in a hollowed out photocopier, because commercial units are overly large, then drive to an undisclosed location where you proceed to get the hell out of the country. [editline]19th May 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=Trebgarta;52250013]Indeed - There is only the rape charge. If he is only a publisher, as claimed, even if he is extradited to the USA, what are the prosecutors gonna charge him with? Read: [URL="http://www.alternet.org/rss/breaking_news/1003054/does_the_us_have_a_case_against_julian_assange"]Does USA have a case against Assange?[/URL] by AFP[/QUOTE] The United States in the past has proven they cannot be trusted in this regard.

Why is everyone supporting this rapist? If the US wanted to extradite him they would've just done it straight through the UK not making up some fake rape case to get him to Sweden and then extradite. He's just taking advantage of his Wikileaks fame to get away from the charge.

[QUOTE=AzzyMaster;52250685]Why is everyone supporting this rapist? If the US wanted to extradite him they would've just done it straight through the UK not making up some fake rape case to get him to Sweden and then extradite. He's just taking advantage of his Wikileaks fame to get away from the charge.[/QUOTE] Is it proven to be real or not? I'm sort of confused.

iirc Swedish law says that sex without a condom can be retrospectively called rape. Been a while since I last read up on it, so forgive if I'm misremembering. I think Assange did say he didn't use a condom, but he had got the two women's consent at the time.

[QUOTE=Paul-Simon;52250743]Is it proven to be real or not? I'm sort of confused.[/QUOTE] I know it sounds controversial to say, but the fact he's hiding away in an embassy from this and trying to claim it's all political just makes me believe that the allegations are all true.

[QUOTE=catbarf;52249183]Considering how many people are convinced that his indictment was solely a political tool and he could not possibly have actually committed a crime, I'm surprised that the assumption in this thread is that he's being released out of the goodwill of the Swedish prosecution and not because the current US administration has directly benefitted from his actions. Like, if someone believes that the warrant was only issued and maintained in the first place because of the US, then logically it would also be because of the US that the warrant was eventually dropped. If Assange has been cooped up in the Ecuadorian embassy for [I]years[/I] solely because the US was continuously pushing for his extradition and strong-arming the Swedes into complying, it seems far more likely that the US stopped strong-arming them than that the Swedes suddenly decided not to play ball after years of compliance. The alternative is that it wasn't a US-led extradition effort in the first place, and the prosecutors gave up because they would not be able to muster a solid case so long after the alleged attack.[/QUOTE] That's P much what I'm saying. Since Trump is in-bed with the Russians (Either fully knowingly, or he's such a stooge that he's just being manipulated by those around him) Julian is getting "rewarded" by having his charges dropped. That's assuming the charges are dropped though, looks like there's some ambiguity. [editline]19th May 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=AzzyMaster;52250685]Why is everyone supporting this rapist? If the US wanted to extradite him they would've just done it straight through the UK not making up some fake rape case to get him to Sweden and then extradite. He's just taking advantage of his Wikileaks fame to get away from the charge.[/QUOTE] He didn't really do anything illegal, esp since he's not a US Citizen. The rape charges are simply a way to strong-arm him into compliance. Maybe he is guilty, maybe not. He's a really weird dude, and being cooped up for years + justified paranoia will do a number on a persons mind. So I'm not sure he's all the way there these days anyway.