Julian Assange arrested in London | The Guardian
Is there an innocent reason why his bail would be £100k-£200k for an alleged offence like this? It seems incredibly high and serves only to reinforce the suggestion that this is merely an excuse to detain him.
Source: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Julian-Assange-Wiki...
This article doesn't seem to mention anything about an actual arrest, it just says he agreed to meet with / surrender to police.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2010/dec/07/wikileaks-us...
That article seems to have a bit more info, but it's still doesn't seem like he's actually in custody yet.
Interesting news, but totally irrelevant to the WikiLeaks operation.
They have absolutely thought this through, with all the necessary "insurance" they have been spreading around.
Regardless of the fate of one man - Assange - classified information will continue to leak.
The wheels are in motion.
Take your pick:
Guardian http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1978645
MSNBC http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1978690
BBC http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1978651
TheNextWeb http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1978656
Sky http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1978613
A fairly detailed article around the circumstances that have lead to the charges filed against him.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1307137/Su...
Certainly not the definitive source but seeing the number of allegations thrown around in this thread I figured it could be a good time to start linking to reference material.
Can somebody with some legal background explain to be the benefits of him giving himself in to justice in the UK?
I am apparently naive and cannot fathom why he would choose to do this when he knows that there is a strong chance of him being extradited to the US. While I understand that being a fugitive with your assets systematically frozen is not fun, I am still puzzled by this move.
Is this correct: in Sweden it is considered "rape" (by the male) if there is no condom involved?
From the video: "... and than we have got the common sense test about the gross irresponsibility of this conduct."
So when all else fails, there's still good old fashioned "common sense" huh?
Does anybody believe this isn't engineered by the CIA and has no connection whatsoever to cablegate?