On the contrary ttbn, for the reason you gave he will be extradited.
The UK is as weak as water, they will give in on a mild puff.

You are all arguing about what the charges are about.
That is not what is the problem.
The problem is the US trying to enforce their laws in other countries.
If a precedent is set China will be able to do the same.
That is all it is about.

Bazz,

Can the US do this without the permission of their
President? From what I hear, President Trump
is not all that interested.

Hiya Bazz

You only have a small bit of the story, which comes worse for Mr Julian Assange the Great.

More laterrrrr

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Foxy They can or he could call for it, then say he knows nothing about it
Bazz has a point,right now even reporters are being Held without charge in many countries
Murdered in by Americas friends who are not held to account

Foxy,
I doubt, without really knowing, that it needs Presidential permission.
I would think it would be a fairly common process for their Attorney
Generals Dept. They could try and bluff it as they do for sales of
Iranian oil. There is a US Act that has a ban on Iran selling oil to
various countries without US permission.
Some countries just say Thhhbbblllttt to the US and buy it. eg China.
The US threatens countries defying the embargo with trade sanctions.
There have been other examples of US legal imperialism.

There is a principle that China as the "Central Kingdom" invokes that
surrounding countries are vassal states of China, known as Tianxia
which means China is the dominant country and don't you forget it.
The US is applying the same principle. Hence the clash between China
and the US. China states that the US is not a sovereign state and is a
vassal state of China as it does not accept the 1698 Westphalia treaty.
Ultimately that is what is behind it all.

Bazz,

Scary stuff.