NYT: Investigate Four Questions Surrounding Assange Case

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Until now, major media have allowed U.S., British and Swedish officials to get away with claiming that the British and Swedish legal pursuit of Julian Assange has nothing to do with the prospect of a U.S. prosecution of WikiLeaks, even though there is considerable evidence to the contrary. Recent developments in the case have given media an opportunity to revisit the issue.

Join us in urging the New York Times to pursue four basic questions whose answers are crucial to judging claims that there is no connection between the cases, and no danger that Assange would be extradited from Sweden to the United States, by signing the petition below.

We, the undersigned, urge you to work to establish answers to four questions which are crucial to judging official claims that there is no connection between the British/Swedish legal case against Julian Assange and the prospect of a U.S. prosecution of WikiLeaks, and that there is no danger that Assange would be extradited from Sweden to the United States:

1. Why won’t Sweden agree to question Julian Assange in the U.K.?

2. Why won’t Sweden say that it won’t extradite Assange to the United States if he voluntarily goes to Sweden?

3. Why won’t Britain say that they won’t agree to a U.S. extradition request for Assange from Sweden?

4. Why won’t the U.S. say that it will not seek Julian Assange’s extradition from Sweden?

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2012-08-22 21:55:49

Source: http://weeklyintercept.blogspot.com/2012/08/nyt-investigate-four-questions.html