> The "special relationship" is a real thing, so if some sort of covert rendition were a real worry for Assange, it would have already happened without needing to involve a Scandinavian nation.
It could have been that this was the most convenient excuse.
> He's wanted for questioning as part of his arrest
Yes, they've asked to arrest - ie, detain - him to question him. They haven't charged him with any crime.
I think there's a very real danger that someone wants to punish him for exposing government war crimes. But maybe you're right and it's just because he's a primadonna and the US government is pretty chilled out about the whole thing.
> Yes, they've asked to arrest - ie, detain - him to question him. They haven't charged him with any crime.
He's been properly charged. The fact that this meme refuses to die is my whole point about tribalism, the meme's not merely misleading, it's false, and yet it continues to persist, and for no reason. After all, he might very well be found not guilty, especially if the evidence against him is so flimsy as his supporters claim, but Assange has prevented the trial from even reaching that point, and his supporters believe that this is proper because the situation pertains to His Wikiness and for no other reason.
The "questioning" they will be doing of Assange is to ensure that there are no mitigating facts that Assange would be able to bring to cause the prosecutor to rescind the charges based on the mounds of evidence already accumulated. Afterwards he will be immediately taken into custody (and somehow I doubt he will be released on bail given his current ongoing flight from justice).
Nor is this simply a rogue prosecutor in Sweden, Assange's case was heard by an appeals court in Sweden and in multiple appeals courts in the U.K., all of which determined that there was sufficient evidence shown to demonstrate that the trial could proceed.
It could have been that this was the most convenient excuse.
> He's wanted for questioning as part of his arrest
Yes, they've asked to arrest - ie, detain - him to question him. They haven't charged him with any crime.
I think there's a very real danger that someone wants to punish him for exposing government war crimes. But maybe you're right and it's just because he's a primadonna and the US government is pretty chilled out about the whole thing.