Re: Is this the best that the USA can come up with ?
Ben Tasker,
"I don't doubt that the peculiar US brand of justice could find a way to extend that, but opening with a 5 year threat is hardly message sending."
We all know that the 'reasonable' 5 year threat is to ensure that there is no reasoned objection to extraditing JA to the US of A.
Once there, there is a 2nd file containing the charges that will put him away for 150 years at least.
Just to make sure, if he completes that (???) the US will send him to Sweden to complete whatever charges are outstanding etc :)