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0 pointsChrisKnott1y ago0 comments

> Sweden might extradite him to the US, but the UK wouldnt

An excuse that was always made zero sense.

It later emerged that at the time of the Swedish investigation, there was no indictment from the US.

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lukan1y ago

And you do not think, that would have changed the minute, he was in jail in sweden?

blitzar1y ago

> but the UK wouldnt

The UK routinely extradites people to the US (and facilitated extraordinary renditions from UK soil). The claim he could not leave the UK for fear of being extradited to the US was always a nonsensical lie.

lukan1y ago

I did not comment on that. But it seems he was right that he was in fact not extradited to the US after all while being in the UK.

(there was no claim that the UK does not extradict to the US in general, but in this specific case they might not)

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ChrisKnottOP1y ago

No, I don't think that would have changed, because the decision making of the Obama administration and DOJ at the time is now known.

chgs1y ago

No more than if he was in the UK.

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lukan1y ago

And you do not think, that would have changed the minute, he was in jail in sweden?

blitzar1y ago

> but the UK wouldnt

lukan1y ago

I did not comment on that. But it seems he was right that he was in fact not extradited to the US after all while being in the UK.

(there was no claim that the UK does not extradict to the US in general, but in this specific case they might not)

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ChrisKnottOP1y ago

No, I don't think that would have changed, because the decision making of the Obama administration and DOJ at the time is now known.

chgs1y ago

No more than if he was in the UK.

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