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Title: 'No US hint of extraditing' Assange
Source: [None]
URL Source: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/br ... e/story-e6frf7jx-1226406709160
Published: Jun 24, 2012
Author: AAP
Post Date: 2012-06-24 01:35:53 by Tatarewicz
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Views: 66
Comments: 1

THE US government has given no indication it wants to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over the release of secret diplomatic cables,Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr said.

Senator Carr said he has received no hint from two discussions with American officials that they have a plan to extradite him to the US.

"There is not the remotest evidence that is the case," he told ABC Television today.

Mr Assange has been at Ecuador's embassy in London for nearly a week as the South American nation considers his political asylum application.

The asylum bid is a last-ditch effort to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sex-crime allegations he says are baseless.

The Australian-born 40-year-old fears removal to Sweden could pave the way for extradition to the US where he would face possible charges - and a possible death sentence - over the WikiLeaks' release of secret diplomatic cables. Free 2 month digital pass

Senator Carr said the US had an opportunity to ask the UK government to extradite Mr Assange over the two years the WikiLeaks founder has been in London.

"There is a view that it would be easier for the US to extradite him from the UK rather than from Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about (matters) wholly unrelated to anything to do with WikiLeaks or state secrets," he said.

But Senator Carr said he is yet to receive a complete denial from US authorities that they are not interested in extraditing the Australian.

"They haven't been able to rule out that one corner of the American administration is considering it, but I would expect the US wouldn't want to touch this," he said.

He said the US government was aware that Australia did not want Mr Assange extradited from anywhere.

"They know that's the well worn position of Australia," he said.


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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)

The Empire Strikes Back.

JA will like be thrown in a puppet state's gol for the rule of example.

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tom007  posted on  2012-06-25   18:25:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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