Ecuador would like Julian Assange out of their embassy by the sounds of it.

[19sixtysix]

I thought that Sweden had dropped the charges?

They did but he still on bail. He'll probably be charged with failing to answer bail.

 

[Sprocket.]

Outside of a few diehard Assange worshippers does anyone actually give a fuck about what he says now? He's blown any shred of credibility he may have had by refusing to answer the Swedish investigations and holing-up in a cupboard for the last 7 years. Fuck him. If we can send him to Sweden and they still want him, that's where he should go. Today if possible.

Ikea will deliver him for £35.

 

[Idris2002]

My wild prediction: he is deported back to Australia, where he wins election to the senate.

 

[gosub]

indeed. And meanwhile, Chelsea Manning...

And Edward Snowdon


Think we should forgo the contempt of court stuff on grounds of mental health. Limitation on the Swedish thing are up. But would be quite happy if US came straight out with an extradition warrant with regards the Manafort epusode

 

[Teaboy]

Its been so long since he went into hiding some people may have forgotten which alleged crime he was running away from. Fortunately Assange has considered this and adapted his physical appearance accordingly.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Just caught a vid of him being carried out. It wasn't necessary was it? He looked and sounded like he has actually lost it. He's aged about 20 years.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

My wild prediction: he is deported back to Australia, where he wins election to the senate.

Do we still do the transportation thing?

 

[tim]

I'll bet a few people are worried about this - and I wonder what he'll say about who

Yes, he apparently knows who's got their grubby hands-on the missing episodes and all the dirty secrets that Terry Nation was assumed have taken to the grave with him.

They'll exterminate him before he gets a chance to say anything.

 

[kebabking]

Do we still do the transportation thing?

no, but the Australians do. fucking Kylie....

 

[Spymaster]

Just caught a vid of him being carried out. It wasn't necessary was it?

Showing the vid or carrying him out forcibly? If he refuses to walk out under his own steam there's not much else can be done really.

 

[andysays]

Just caught a vid of him being carried out. It wasn't necessary was it? He looked and sounded like he has actually lost it. He's aged about 20 years.

I haven't seen any video, just the photo posted above, but if he refused to walk out it seems perfectly reasonable to carry him, or use whatever method of removal was considered appropriate, TBH

 

[tim]

no, but the Australians do. fucking Kylie....

And flaking Clive!

 

[Teaboy]

Just caught a vid of him being carried out. It wasn't necessary was it? He looked and sounded like he has actually lost it. He's aged about 20 years.

In my experience you generally get to choose the manner of your arrest. I strongly suspect he's chosen the kicking and screaming without dignity option. Its a choice normally reserved for the post nightclub street brawler.

 

[8ball]

In my experience you generally get to choose the manner of your arrest. I strongly suspect he's chosen the kicking and screaming without dignity option. Its a choice normally reserved for the post nightclub street brawler.

So much for the Papa Smurf disguise.

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Just caught a vid of him being carried out. It wasn't necessary was it? He looked and sounded like he has actually lost it. He's aged about 20 years.

I suspect he's had the ability to grow a big white beard since his mid 20s because he naturally has white hair. I also suspect he's seen the writing on the wall for a while and decided to grow a big white beard to illicit some sort of sympathy from the public.

 

[Sprocket.]

So much for the Papa Smurf disguise.

I’m sure an obliging constable could make him turn blue!

 

[Teaboy]

So much for the Papa Smurf disguise.

Didn't do much for Radovan Karadzic either.

 

[cupid_stunt]

I haven't seen any video,

You haven't missed much, TBH.

but if he refused to walk out it seems perfectly reasonable to carry him, or use whatever method of removal was considered appropriate, TBH

Does tend to follow, when you resist arrest, as he did.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

A But would be quite happy if US came straight out with an extradition warrant with regards the Manafort epusode

Funny you should say that...

 

[cupid_stunt]

Sky reporting, he's also been arrested on behalf of the US, in relation to an extradition warrant.

 

[Spymaster]

He's been "further arrested on behalf of the United States of America"

 

[Sprocket.]

He's been "further arrested on behalf of the United States of America"

Off to some Caribbean island for him then, waterboarding included?

 

[Idris2002]

Sky reporting, he's also been arrested on behalf of the US, in relation to an extradition warrant.

That's not much good. Not only will his victim in Sweden not get justice, he's going to be sent to a place where justice is in short supply. . .

 

[littlebabyjesus]

He's been "further arrested on behalf of the United States of America"

Presumably he knew that was coming, hence the kicking and screaming. How would you react to the prospect of the next 40 years in solitary?

 

[Pickman's model]

Presumably he knew that was coming, hence the kicking and screaming. How would you react to the prospect of the next 40 years in solitary?

with more dignity so when i appeared on the news being taken into custody and in future years the abiding image the world had of me wasn't of an entitled child throwing a tantrum

 

[Don Troooomp]

Off to some Caribbean island for him then, waterboarding included?

Unlikely - More chance of a closed door trial with the outcome known before he gets on a plane to the states, then dumped in a very dark hole until he dies. The extradition hearing very probably the last most people will see of him.

 

[andysays]

That's not much good. Not only will his victim in Sweden not get justice, he's going to be sent to a place where justice is in short supply. . .

He might well be starting to regret he didn't go back to Sweden when he had the chance

 

[Pickman's model]

That's not much good. Not only will his victim in Sweden not get justice, he's going to be sent to a place where justice is in short supply. . .

but he's being sent to a place where his auld mate donald can pardon him

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/10/19/wikileaks-why-is-assange-helping-trump/

 

[Idris2002]

but he's being sent to a place where his auld mate donald can pardon him

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/10/19/wikileaks-why-is-assange-helping-trump/

One "fierce chancer" (and rapist) will know another.

 

[8ball]

You haven't missed much, TBH.



Does tend to follow, when you resist arrest, as he did.

He kind of appears to be swimming out of the Embassy.