Assange – The Laws of Rule

Assange: Is the Swedish Case Political?

Posted on 01/02/201221/02/2012 by markbtaylor

The short answer is “Yes. It could not be otherwise.” But not in the way Julian Assange would like you to think. The media tends to report that the demand for extradition to Sweden arose after Wikileaks dropped a large load of diplomatic cables on 28 November 2010. The implication, encouraged from the start by…

Wikileaks: Is the Swedish Case Political?

Posted on 17/12/201018/01/2011 by markbtaylor

The media madness surrounding Wikileaks founder Julian Assange hit new peaks this week after his bail appearance in a London court. Temperatures rose when it was reported that Swedish authorities appealed the judge’s decision to release Assange on bail. This later turned out to have been false: the British Crown Prosecutor’s Office was the source…