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Great Britain Rejects Extradition Appeal of Wikileaks' Julian Assange

By Jeralyn, Section Foreign Affairs
Posted on Wed Nov 02, 2011 at 11:10:55 AM EST
Tags: Julian Assange, Wikileaks (all tags)
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An appeals court in Great Britain has refused to invalidate Sweden's extradition warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. He now has two weeks to appeal to the country's highest court.

Here is the ruling.

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    Great Britain Rejects Extradition Appeal of Wikileaks' Julian Assange | 9 comments (9 topical)

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    About time. (none / 0) (#1)
    by Gerald USN Ret on Wed Nov 02, 2011 at 09:31:44 PM EST
    About time Assange was brought before the bar of justice.

    Need I point out (5.00 / 2) (#2)
    by Jeralyn on Thu Nov 03, 2011 at 01:49:28 AM EST
    your view is not shared by this site? Since yours is the only comment, I will so no one thinks we agree with you.

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    That is not logical Jeralyn. (none / 0) (#3)
    by Gerald USN Ret on Thu Nov 03, 2011 at 08:06:31 PM EST
    Below and above this comment people are agreeing and disagreeing with each other and posting the same, rather vigorously in many cases.

    Yes you disagree with me.  Sure.  But you speak of the site as not sharing my views.  Where are their comments?

    It could be that no one here cares about Mr Assange, or it may be that other people on the site are uneasy about defending him on the sexual abuse charges, or it could be something else.

    It comes down to this.

    Why didn't you just say that you, Jeralyn E Merritt, disagree with me?

    Why did you have to resort to invoking "this site" or is it just that "this site" in this case is only Jeralyn E. Merritt.

    I can accept the fact that you differ.

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    I expect she didn't say that (5.00 / 0) (#7)
    by sj on Fri Nov 04, 2011 at 10:29:30 AM EST
    because it is her site.  She is not just any old commenter, she is the proprietress.  She is the site and does not share your views.  Have you not noticed that BTD always ends with "Speaking for me only."?

    It's not hard to understand if you don't feel entitled.

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    Mary Ann Wright (none / 0) (#4)
    by Edger on Thu Nov 03, 2011 at 08:19:53 PM EST
    Mary Ann Wright is a former United States Army colonel and retired official of the U.S. State Department, known for her outspoken opposition to the Iraq War. She is most noted for having been one of three State Department officials to publicly resign in direct protest of the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. (wikipedia)

    "We were told as diplomats, 'Don't ever put anything in a cable you wouldn't want on the front page of a newspaper.' It shows that they're a lot of arrogant people, that the system itself wasn't checking itself," says Wright of the latest documents released from WikiLeaks.

    Meanwhile, several of the diplomatic cables released depict possibly illegal actions by the U.S. government, and Wright notes that the chances of anyone being held accountable are slim.

    Ann Wright joined Laura Flanders of GritTV to discuss the latest releases from WikiLeaks, what they tell us about the U.S. Government and Defense and State departments, and what should happen, but probably won't, to the people implicated therein.

    -- video interview

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