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Showing Original Post only (View all)8 Big Problems with Sweden's "Case" Against Assange--(for those interested) [View all]
Something Rotten in the State of Sweden: 8 Big Problems with the Case Against Assange
by Naomi Wolf
Now that Andrew Kreig, of the Justice Integrity Project, has confirmed Karl Roves role as an advisor to the Swedish government in its prosecution of Julian Assange on sexual misconduct charges, it is important that we note the many glaring aberrations in the handling of Assanges case by the authorities in Sweden.
Dr. Brian Palmer, a social anthropologist at Uppsala University, explained on Kreigs radio show last month that Karl Rove has been working directly as an advisor to the governing Moderate Party. Kreig also reported, in Connecticut Watchdog, that the Assange accusers lawyer is a partner in the law firm Borgström and Bodström, whose other name partner, Thomas Bodström, is a former Swedish Minister of Justice. In that office, Bodström helped approve a 2001 CIA rendition request to Sweden, to allow the CIA to fly two asylum-seekers from Sweden to Egypt, where they were tortured. This background compels us to review the case against Assange with extreme care.
Based on my 23 years of reporting on global rape law, and my five years of supporting women at rape crisis centers and battered womens shelters, I can say with certainty that this case is not being treated as a normal rape or sexual assault case. New details from the Swedish police make this quite clear. Their transcript of the complaints against Assange is strikingly unlike the dozens of such transcripts that I have read throughout the years as an advocate for victims of sex crimes.
Specifically, there are eight ways in which this transcript is unusual:
1) Police never pursue complaints in which there is no indication of lack of consent.
2) Police do not let two women report an accusation about one man together.
3) Police never take testimony from former boyfriends.
4) Prosecutors never let two alleged victims have the same lawyer.
5) A lawyer never typically takes on two alleged rape victims as clients.
6) A rape victim never uses a corporate attorney.
7) A rape victim is never encouraged to make any kind of contact with her assailant and she may never use police to compel her alleged assailant to take medical tests.
8) Police and prosecutors never leak police transcripts during an active investigation because they face punishment for doing so.
More of the explanation of the "8" at:
http://markcrispinmiller.com/2011/02/eight-big-problems-with-the-case-against-assange-must-read-by-naomi-wolf/
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8 Big Problems with Sweden's "Case" Against Assange--(for those interested) [View all]
KoKo
Aug 2012
OP
... The co-ordinator of the WikiLeaks group in Stockholm, who is a close colleague of Assange
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#2
Lol, there you go again. He blew the whistle on the Iceland Bank leading to the arrest
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#97
There have been many, many revelations, and the diplomatic cables were only one of many releases.
Hissyspit
Aug 2012
#171
I am grown too weary of the endless dishonest shit Assange supporters spew, because
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#15
The Swedes have already proven themselves an unfair partner in the allegations and charges
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#20
There's not the slightest evidence Rove has anything to do with this matter
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#53
All claims reduce to Rove advising a candidate for the September 2010 election,
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#101
Hallucinating events, then asking if the hallucinations can be disproved, is not a reliable method
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#94
Um, that is not the only Rove connection in Sweden btw. Wikileaks was promising to reveal
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#111
Why should we suspect these unpleasant things about dear! precious! Julian? Hmmm
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#98
When in doubt, see what conclusions are supported by multiple independent lines of evidence
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#196
The Swedish authorities prevailed in the UK courts on the warrant. Ecuador was no party to that suit
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#87
And the UK courts were wrong. It happens, it certainly has happened in British courts
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#129
Would be nice if you actually READ any of the replies then so nobody had to spam a thread
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#165
It doesn't matter what law I think Assange has broken. I know he hasn't broken any
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#187
So now you're arguing that Sweden isn't a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights?
jeff47
Aug 2012
#229
LOL!! If you really believe the US wouldn't break laws, even rendition a person, even now
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#168
Sweden's a partner in their CIA renditions. Already a precedent there.
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#189
I entered to this thread at post #2 with a quote from the Wikileaks Stockholm coordinator,
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#104
Quelle horreur! How dare I have no opinion on the Swedish allegations!
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#112
You post a great deal of unsupported opinion while the 'dishonest' Assange supporters
The Doctor.
Aug 2012
#219
The sexual allegations are best tried in Sweden, not by conspiracy theorists around the world:
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#221
How's he going to get to Ecuador, in a diplomatic pouch? Just saying, nt.
xtraxritical
Aug 2012
#150
Oh no, I've been assured that the Brits ALWAYS zealously honor extradition requests
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#66
Figures his slime trail would be discovered in the Assange persecution. n/t
backscatter712
Aug 2012
#92
You are tarnishing the reputation of the KKK by associating it with Karl.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#52
It's incoherent nonsense. And hes, he ran away before the investigation was finished.
CabCurious
Aug 2012
#22
He was told he was going to be interviewed and possibly arrested - he skipped town that night
hack89
Aug 2012
#138
There are no charges. He's offered to go to Sweden anyway and answer questions in Sweden
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#146
Because the US pressured them. No interpol warrant has EVER been issued for questioning solely
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#191
He's wanted for questioning. Period. He's not a criminal, he's not been charged nt
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#203
Why not? I've done it myself, demanded a jury trial and they backed down alot.
xtraxritical
Aug 2012
#163
Sweden's our ally in covert CIA rendition. They've got blood on their hands
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#37
Its not a contest, nor is it "either or". Sweden, like the US and the UK, is culpable of war crimes
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#57
Ecuador isn't participating in an international incident like this because there's no evidence
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#149
No. The US has proven they DON'T have to have anything real to charge him with
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#192
I too can't wait to see exactly what law the US is going to pull out its ass for this
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#157
the pretense that this is about rape is just hysterical. also hysterical the DU posters who
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#11
those "progressive women" -- with intelligence connections. shame on you back.
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#41
Yes... keep bashing these women and pretending the UK isn't the USA's top ally
CabCurious
Aug 2012
#47
as i said in another post, it's really disgusting that those pursuing right-wing ends cynically
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#61
23yrs of international reporting on rape laws and MIC involvement = I'll lean Assange
uponit7771
Aug 2012
#13
Because the USA needed that... and because Sweden is more aligned with USA than the UK?
CabCurious
Aug 2012
#24
Consider the timeline -- either it was preplanned or the women were later induced or coerced.
FarCenter
Aug 2012
#70
Officially, of course, they say that Operation Mockingbird has been discontinued.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#62
Replying to my own post #82, in the last sentence I meant to type "unarmed civilians."
JDPriestly
Aug 2012
#195
maybe you should be looking at actual facts and testimony from courts and stuff
TorchTheWitch
Aug 2012
#205
... The offences of which he is accused and in respect of which his surrender is sought are alleged
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#99
Katrin Axelsson from the European organization Women Against Rape had this to say:
Poll_Blind
Aug 2012
#21
Sweden isn't pursuing the rape charges with much zeal at all. But his defenders sure are zealous...
CabCurious
Aug 2012
#26
Sweden's done playing his games. He skipped out of country while authorities
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#64
Oh yes, because international diplomatic incidents in London are FAR more preferable
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#67
I don't understand why this obvious persecution is defended by so many here. K&R n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#76
It might be a lot of "New DU'ers" don't know the background & some Oldies...well.....
KoKo
Aug 2012
#88
9) Sexual assault accusations (not charges even) never result in international arrest warrants.
morningfog
Aug 2012
#103
Takes damn near Weird Willard level lying or bordering on Gohmert level stupidity
TheKentuckian
Aug 2012
#135
They don't want to use rendition in this case - the target is too much of a public figure..
GliderGuider
Aug 2012
#213
Evidently Ecuador has sufficient information that leads them to believe the US is going to extradite
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#140
Oh, yes, Ecuador is participating in a major international scandal over a HOAX?
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#144
There's a secret grand jury empaneled already on Assange is exactly that, secret.
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#154
Sweden HAS done this before, with the US. Renditioned someone without any charges
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#193
He's far too much of a public figure for rendition to have been an option.
GliderGuider
Aug 2012
#214
Answered 10x. If the Brits wouldn't do it during Iraq and Afghanistan wars, they won't for Assange
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#222