Assange: Swedes May Drop Case

[struggle4progress]

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/assange-swedes-drop-case/story?id=17129463

Swedes: Assange May Surrender

[a geek named Bob]

1. ???? WHAT???

This situation just keeps getting stranger and stranger.

Why would Sweden drop the case? If they've got evidence, shouldn't they pursue it?

[ljm2002]

2. They already dropped it once...

...until a second prosecutor decided it should go ahead. So it's not that strange he should say that.

As to whether there is a chance of it being dropped for a second time, I have no idea.

[a geek named Bob]

3. But for Assange to brign it up...

would suggest either wishful thinking on his part, or he's hinting at some sort of inside knowledge.

Either way.

Especially that "unusual world event we can't predict..."

[Robb]

4. He cited war with Iran.

War with Iran. That's one of the things he think would lead to his situation being resolved.

As we used to say in the kitchen: check your burners, I think one must be out.

[a geek named Bob]

5. true...

But a war with Iran would be BAD...

[whistler162]

7. The Mayans have alrready foretold the event.....

or he is a egomaniac full of his own importance! I will go with the second choice given the evidence.

[a geek named Bob]

8. I say we combine both

and state that the Mayans foretold Assange was ging to be around.

The Mayans... always with the jokes...

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. Let's hope so, cause when the world finds out we've granted asylum to an Ecuadorian journalist....

it will cast a brand new light on Pres. Correa and his motives here. Assange would be the perfect propagandist for a government who has a horrible record with regard to freedom of the press. Correa's record, reportedly, is "among the very worst in the Americas". Everyone should take a look at this link entitled: "Free Speech in Ecuador has Limits", leaving some Ecuadorian journalists scratching their heads in amazement at Correa's hypocrisy.

http://www.theworld.org/2012/08/free-speech-in-ecuador-has-limits/