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Originally Posted by Sparkle
Also, you only have to look at the Gary McKinnon plight to see how the UK/USA extradition treaty has a limited life span. If too many people are extradited (even just one too many), then the UK gov will have to give in to the pubic dismay and have the extradition rules changed. The US gov knows this. Even though Assange is not a UK citizen, if anything should happen to him in the US or if he should end up in Guantanamo Bay (assuming he was extradited from here) that might cause UK public outrage, then he may as well be a UK citizen because it could still lead to a change in the extradition rules.
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So, the US has an extradition treaty with the UK that is *so* good, they can't afford to use it? This is precisely the sort of reverse logic that characterises all truly nutty conspiracy theories.
Your post was an entertaining read, especially the part where you sought to disparage all the discussion based on "very few facts at all". I bet you even wrote it with a straight face.
For a more level-headed discussion of the latest developments in this case, Dan Hodges is worth a read:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/da...nce-held-dear/