[billy123]

Originally Posted by lostalex

umm, The American's are "desperate to get their hands on Assange"??? what? why are you saying that? The Americans have done absolutely NOTHING to try to get their hands on Assange. SO i have no idea what you are refering to.

What has America done to "try to get their hands on Assange"?

The justice department has already said they are exploring possible charges against wikileaks and assange regarding the release of diplomatic messages add to that the calls from some american politicians that he should be killed if that doesnt make it clear that they want him then i dont know what does the only problem they have is what to charge him with and how to make it stick.

Also it is the norm for an extradition to contain a rule of speciality which ensures that the person facing extradition can only face charges for the offence they are being extradited for and the swedish prosecutors have refused to include that in the extradition which leaves him open to further charges and extradition to a further country. Why would they not grant a rule of speciality if they dont intend to pass him on to the U.S.?