On Thursday in a London court, Judge Howard Riddle ruled that Assange should be extradited to Sweden, where he will face a secret trial for rape allegations. In relevant news, documents released by Assange’s Wikileaks website have played a pivotal role in the Islamic revolutions sweeping the Arab world, which represent the biggest diplomatic and political challenge faced by the US State Department in decades.
Assange and his lawyers have seven days to appeal the decision.
Because rape trials are secret and closed to the public in Sweden, the trial is likely to fuel speculation that the prosecution is politically motivated. Those declaring that this couldn’t possibly be the case are hopelessly naive, as it is almost impossible to believe that the US Dept. of State, headed by Hillary Clinton, has not expressed some desire through some channel to see Mr. Assange punished for his journalistic endeavors. The rape accusations may simply be a lucky coincidence, but the prosecution on such flimsy grounds certainly does not look to be so.
