Is Julian Assange innocent of rape or did the USA set up a honeytrap?

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It seems dubious and conveniant that he is now being sought for these charges, however you neve know there might be substance behind them.

We should be wary but not dismissive.

Reply 41

Stratos

Original post by the_13th

What courtroom??? It's obvious even to a blind that this whole charge is dirty triks of the US and A government!

Yagshemash.

Reply 42

Sendaii

Original post by jaggedspike

Doesn't matter, this is probably going to get blown out of proportion because of the US. IMO the US is digging itself deeper. I hope Wikileaks adopts a distributed architecture so if a site is taken down it routes you to another server.

In a way, it already has. There are more versions of Wikileaks than just the regular web site version. There is the Tor site version and the Freenet version, both of which will prove extremely difficult if not impossible to bring down. There may be others, but those are the two that I know about.

Reply 43

adam_zed

3 mA hOmEbWoI aSsAnGe!!!!!!! MiSs Ya DaWg!!!!!! eff da police

Reply 44

adam_zed

Original post by Joinedup

Well _if_ it's a set-up it's miles better than what happens to people who leak about the Russian government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinenko

they werent very subtle about it were they? they could have stabbed him up or run him over, but instead they go for one of the most obvious and traceable methods ever!

Reply 45

Willum Infanta

Julian is a very intelligent guy...I doubt he'd ever do anything as stupid as to rape someone...

Reply 46

Eggyolk Chang

Whether he's guilty not, the Australian government should at least make sure he gets a fair trial. Doesn't seem to be happening.

Personally, I think the accusation is a bit dodgy. :s-smilie:

Reply 47

Sendaii

Original post by Eggyolk Chang

Personally, I think the accusation is a bit dodgy. :s-smilie:

A bit dodgy? It's dodgier than Garry Glitter applying for a job at a nursery.

Reply 48

Aj12

Original post by Eggyolk Chang

Whether he's guilty not, the Australian government should at least make sure he gets a fair trial. Doesn't seem to be happening.

Personally, I think the accusation is a bit dodgy. :s-smilie:

Its going to be in Sweden. The country is hardly a banana republic is it

Reply 49

Jenny_Jazz

To say it is dubious would be an understatement

Reply 50

concubine

Though I believe it to be very unlikely that he is guilty, simply letting a man accused of serious crimes such as these go free without any kind of investigation or trial on the grounds that he has mass popular support is retarded.

Original post by Willum Infanta

Julian is a very intelligent guy...I doubt he'd ever do anything as stupid as to rape someone...

Haha. Some of you are ****ing stupid. Since when was rape an act committed solely by brain dead morons? Or have you bought into the overhyped idea that most rapes are OTT violent affairs committed by complete strangers?

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Reply 51

Shadowplay

Of course he's innocent, the absurdity of the situation, timing, etc...

Reply 52

Eggyolk Chang

Original post by Aj12

Its going to be in Sweden. The country is hardly a banana republic is it

...True. Sweden has a very developed legal system. Which raises the question of why Assange is so reluctant to be extradited there.

Reply 53

Shortarse1

As the initial accusations came before the latest round of leaks I think he should go there and answer to the charges - just because he has support does not make him above the law.

Reply 54

Aj12

Original post by Eggyolk Chang

...True. Sweden has a very developed legal system. Which raises the question of why Assange is so reluctant to be extradited there.

Im not buying into all this American conspiracy stuff. Rape is very very difficult to get convicted for anyway due to the fact it usably comes down to your word against hers.

I think he may have done it tbh. We know nothing about the man, no one know's who he is. The man is a ghost.

Still the court case will likely show if it is bull or not.

Reply 55

MostCompetitive

It is definitely a setup. It is clear that the U.S is desperate to get hold of him.

Reply 56

TheCount.

If he committed the act at all. It stinks of contrivsnce. Quite obviously a ploy to facilitate his extradition to the USA. Politicians in the US demand his execution.

It's peculiar how he was acquitred by Sweden's head prosecutor months earlier, only for the case to resurface when it benefits the US.