Re: WTF?
By the fact that the USA has never abducted the people it wants even from European countries? By the fact they wouldn't love to get their hands on him? By the fact that Sweden doesn't have an extradition treaty with the USA?
Not relevant. Rendition has always been done in the dark, the US cannot afford to do so publicly and the publicity surrounding Assange would make that a political hot potato, not so much for the US as for the country allowing this without proper process.
Secondly, the US has no interest in giving Assange extra martyrdom status. Personally, I think they way they have left Assange alone is a sign that someone over there is for once using their brains.
As for the extradition treaty, that is irrelevant. The UK has far better agreements and tighter collaboration with the US than Sweden. If it was going to happen, the UK is a far better place for it. Sweden simply has the generic agreements in place between most sovereign nations, it's only the UK that has a "special" relationship.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
