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In reply to the discussion: I have a question for DU ladies. [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)There isn't a legal mechanism to send him to the US - Assange hasn't committed a crime. Even if you tried to charge him under the Espionage Act, which the SCOTUS says you can't, it would be trying to apply the Espionage Act to a foreigner while they are on foreign soil. Which would get laughed out of court really fast for not having jurisdiction.
Which means the only way he could be sent to the US would be something extra-judicial. Which would be much easier directly from the UK. But Assange isn't claiming the UK will "misdirect" his London->Sweden flight to the US. He's claiming he'll be sent to the US from Sweden.
It's all about not getting to Sweden. I wonder if there's any other reason the guy doesn't want to go to Sweden.....hrm.....