05-12-2010, 12:49 PM
He also made it clear that the Uk police aren't rushing with the Swedish request for Assenge -- which is, he said, a demand for interview not an arrest warrant. he added that this is strange because Assange has offered to be interviewed by the Swedish prosecutor at Sweden's UK Embassy.
In other words everyone knows it's politically motivated, and the lawyer has little doubt that he'll be able to successfully fight any extradition order.
More interesting was this from your above post:
Very curious. How can US domestic law impact internationally if foreign nations follow international law (even though we know the US doesn't) and will not extradite? Assange is too high profile to secretly render -- the fallout would be unprecedented and massive. All in all, it sounds very much to me as "sabre rattling".
In other words everyone knows it's politically motivated, and the lawyer has little doubt that he'll be able to successfully fight any extradition order.
More interesting was this from your above post:
Quote:Asked how the US could prosecute Assange, a non-US citizen, Holder said, "Let me be clear. This is not saber-rattling," and vowed "to swiftly close the gaps in current US legislation…"
Very curious. How can US domestic law impact internationally if foreign nations follow international law (even though we know the US doesn't) and will not extradite? Assange is too high profile to secretly render -- the fallout would be unprecedented and massive. All in all, it sounds very much to me as "sabre rattling".
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14