Rendition gets ongoing embrace from Obama administration

The three European men with Somali roots were arrested on a murky pretext in August as they passed through the small African country of Djibouti.

Is a Zionist Connection at Play to Frame Wikileaks’ Assange in Sweden?

By John Goss, Rafik Saley, and Okoth Osewe

How Sweden Collaborated With CIA on Renditions and Framing of Assange

By his own admission, Sweden’s Ambassador to Australia Mr. Sven-Olof Petersson had advanced knowledge of the CIA rendition flight that took place on December 18, 2001 from Stockholm to Egypt. This flight ended in Egyptian nationals Ahmed Agiza and Muhammad al-Zery being illegally rendered and tortured. Mr. Petersson’s admission comes from a statement to the Swedish Parliament’s Constitutional Committee, confirming that he attended a briefing on December 17, 2001 at which the rendition process was finalized.

Sweden is rotten to the core, their compliance to US

Unfortunate but true: Sweden is rotten to the core 

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SOP confirms that he attended the meeting on 17 december when the expulsion was decided. His denial of the Foreign Office was aware that the U.S. was involved in the bounce was later refuted in Eva Franckells book about Anna Lind. She shows that both Anna Lind, Thomas Bodström and Persson knew.

Kiriakou: Obama administration’s win on government secrecy

Former C.I.A. Officer Pleads Guilty in Leak Case

The Back Story to Kiriakou's Imminent Guilty Plea

Jesselyn Radack

A change of plea hearing is set for today at 11:00 am in the Espionage Act case against Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) whistleblower John Kiriakou.

Let's be clear, there is one reason, and one reason only, that John Kiriakou is taking this plea: for the certainty that he'll be out of jail in 2 1/2 years to see his five children grow up.

Europe tackles torture allegations that were swept aside in U.S.

September 21, 2012

When CIA agents nabbed an Egyptian cleric on the streets of Milan, Italy,  and whisked him off for interrogation in a country that turned a blind eye to torture, they violated international law and were justly sentenced to prison, Italy's highest court has ruled in a landmark case against the U.S. counter-terrorism tactic known as "extraordinary rendition."

Sweden is obliged to extradite people under US requests

Flashback by: trenterx

Amnesty says from!

Svenska Dagbladet quotes Paul Wrange in his commentary:

"We are in principle obliged to extradite people U.S. requests extradition subject to a number of conditions are met, the law expert Paul Wrange earlier told SVT's Rapport." http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/amn...sange-till-usa [http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/amnesty-sverige-bor-lova-att-inte-lamna-ut-assange-till-usa]

Disclosure of Sweden require British approval, but according Tuscanas investigation earlier in the thread, it is sufficient enough that the relevant government minister says yes. Current British government will hardly say no.

Original Flashback: https://www.flashback.org/sp39557557

Swedish govt cannot promise to render but *can* promise to *not* render

Flashback analysis via Rixstep News
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Here are some legal aspects of extradition of Assange from Sweden to the United States.

Ecuador's President demands Sweden and Britain guarantee not to extradite Julian Assange

Charles Miranda in London
AFP, News Limited Network
August 30, 2012 5:34PM

ECUADOR'S President Rafael Correa fears Julian Assange would not get a fair trial in the US and has insisted that Britain and Sweden guarantee they will not extradite the WikiLeaks founder.

US intends to chase Assange, cables show

AUSTRALIAN diplomats have no doubt the United States is intent on pursuing Julian Assange, Foreign Affairs and Trade Department documents obtained by the Herald show.

Assange accuser may have ceased co-operating

Thursday, 9 December 2010
by Guy Rundle

Sources in Sweden have told Crikey that Anna Ardin, one of the two complainants in the rape and sexual assault case against WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange, has left Sweden, and may have ceased actively co-operating with the Swedish prosecution service and her own lawyer.