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Arrest Warrant for "Sex Crimes" Against Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Is Only for "Sex Without a Condom"

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Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for "sex crimes".

Everyone assumed it was for rape.

But it turns out it was for violating an obscure Swedish law against having sex without a condom.

As Newsweek wrote in August:

A
Swedish lawyer representing two women whose allegations triggered a
sexual-misconduct investigation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has
given [Newsweek column] Declassified the first on-the-record
confirmation of the allegations that led to the issuance—and then rapid
cancellation—of a warrant on a rape charge and to a parallel
investigation into alleged “molestation." Claes Borgstrom of the
Stockholm law firm Borgstrom and Bostrom, who is representing two women
who said they had sexual relationships with Assange, said his clients
complained to the police of Assange's reluctance to use condoms and
unwillingness to be tested for sexually transmitted disease.

 

***

 

Borgstrom
said that specific details about the the allegations had not yet
appeared in Swedish media. But he acknowledged that the principal
concern the women had about Assange’s behavior—which they reported to
police in person—related to his lack of interest in using condoms and
his refusal to undergo testing, at the women’s request, for sexually
transmitted disease. A detailed, chronological account of the women’s
alleged encounters with Assange—which in both cases began with
consensual sexual contact but later included what the women claimed was
nonconsensual sex, in which Assange didn’t use a condom—was published
on Tuesday by The Guardian; a Declassified item included a more explicit reference than The Guardian to Assange’s declining to submit to medical tests.

Similarly, the Daily Mail reported in August:

'When they got back they had sexual relations, but there was a problem with the condom - it had split.

 

'She seemed to think that he had done this deliberately but he insisted that it was an accident.’

 

Whatever
her views about the incident, she appeared relaxed and untroubled at
the seminar the next day where Assange met Woman B, another pretty
blonde, also in her 20s, but younger than Woman A.

 

***

 

The [second] woman admitted trying to engage her hero in conversation.

 

Assange
seemed pleased to have such an ardent admirer fawning over him and,
she said, would look at her ‘now and then’. Eventually he took a closer
interest.

 

***

 

What he did not tell her was that the
party was being hosted by the woman he had slept with two nights before
and whose bed he would probably be sleeping in that night.

 

***

 

‘The passion and attraction seemed to have disappeared,’ she said.

 

Most of what then followed has been blacked out in her statement, except for: ‘It felt boring and like an everyday thing.’

 

One
source close to the investigation said the woman had insisted he wear a
condom, but the following morning he made love to her without one.

This was the basis for the rape charge. But after the event she seemed
unruffled enough to go out to buy food for his breakfast.

And today, a former attorney for Assange has confirmed that the charges are for having sex without using a condom.  He notes that:

The consent of both women to sex with Assange has been confirmed by prosecutors.

He also accuses the prosecutors of "making it up as they go along",
and said that Sweden's justice system is destined to become "the
laughingstock of the world" for pursuing the case against Assange.

So Assange might be a cad
for sleeping with 2 women within a couple of days, and he might be
irresponsible for having sex without a condom and then failing to submit
to HIV tests afterwards.

But he has not been accused of rape under any traditional meaning of that term.

 

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Fri, 12/03/2010 - 00:20 | 774247 Seasmoke
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just think about how much money Elin could have got from Tiger, if she knew about this ridiculous law

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 00:09 | 774234 moofph
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...wiki-leaks...condom leaks...two babes in two days...my question is this, "where is williambonzai?"

as for:

"Sweden's justice system is destined to become "the laughingstock of the world" for pursuing the case against Assange."

...all i can say is you are already there.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 01:57 | 774416 IQ 145
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  Definetly; the laughingstock of the world. The bitch boys for the world government; making certain that no one ever takes Sweden seriously again.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 00:16 | 774229 Bartanist
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Gee, I wonder if all governments will now start arresting everyone who has unprotected sex.

They will need mandatory crotch cams, monitored by the TSA (condom cops), to ensure condom compliance.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 03:12 | 774528 MayIMommaDogFac...
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done and... done!

You really should not give them any ideas.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 00:02 | 774225 waterdog
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You have to be making this up GW, it can't be this stupid. All he has to say is that both bitches told him that latex causes   their tongues to swell and that they were in control of the condom. They put them on and they took them off. No rape was provable because they both swallowed the evidence.

 

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 00:02 | 774223 Newsboy
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Speculation is that Assange will be extradited to the US on espionage charges,once he is jailed in Europe. They will want him in whatever country will extradite him most readily.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/1202/WikiLeaks-founder-Julian-...

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 00:03 | 774221 Atomizer
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Bill Clinton should have passed this into law. He wouldn't have left any evidence on the dress, had he wore a condom.

 

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 01:55 | 774412 IQ 145
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 There you go; failing to learn from history.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 02:40 | 774492 woolly mammoth
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"There you go". That was what Dennis Weaver always said in that old T.V. show McCloud. Would have never remembered if you hadn't just pounded it into my head.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 01:54 | 774411 IQ 145
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 There you go; failing to learn from history.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 01:54 | 774410 IQ 145
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 There you go; failing to learn from history.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 00:01 | 774213 Bastiat
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Taking the man down because he let his wiki leak?

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 00:42 | 774273 blindman
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fractal observation.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 00:00 | 774212 jedimarkus
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And don't forget, if you are a govt tool you get to fondle children at the airport! What a country!

Thu, 12/02/2010 - 23:56 | 774206 percolator
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This is really unbelievable.  Assange is getting arrested for not wearing a condom and yet NOT one banker has been arrested for causing the greatest financial collapse in the history of the world and the theft of trillions of taxpayer dollars!

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 05:17 | 774628 RichardP
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That should be on a bumper sticker.  It places things nicely in perspective.  It was a bit of a jolt for me.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 00:26 | 774254 grunk
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You're comparing apples and cucumbers.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 04:10 | 774576 AnAnonymous
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Different kinds of spread I think.

Thu, 12/02/2010 - 23:43 | 774181 frankoo
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What are you talking about, women have all the power, haven't you heard the saying, "El coño es tan fuerte como una locomotora".

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 01:37 | 774379 Hook Line and S...
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Un tren de pescados del amor?

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 01:53 | 774407 IQ 145
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 Valgame, Dios. Es una bola de bobos.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 00:20 | 774244 OldTrooper
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You're coming to my condo on a locamotive to tan?

Sorry, I don't get it.  My Spanish is only up to ordering tex-mex and more beer.

Thu, 12/02/2010 - 23:43 | 774180 grunk
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If there's a glove on it, you must acquit.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 01:38 | 774367 Hook Line and S...
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Julian (the albino mutant) had sex with 3 women at the same time. His pants fit like a glove.

Thu, 12/02/2010 - 23:42 | 774179 Dick the dog
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This whole wikileaks fiasco is a set-up. Watch the Obama machine use this as an excuse to censor the internet. After all, lives of innocent people are at stake. Think of the children!

Thu, 12/02/2010 - 23:52 | 774196 akak
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"For your own safety"

We censor them over there, so we don't have to assassinate them over here.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 01:17 | 774339 Herd Redirectio...
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That does appear to be one of the main objectives one could accomplish using WikiLeaks.  Brand them as irresponsible and dangerous, and therefore there needs to be authority to censor the entire Internet.  Presumably all they are lacking is a good euphemism for internet censorship!

Thu, 12/02/2010 - 23:42 | 774177 Newsboy
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IfI wereAssange'slawyer, I would be bargaining to let him get an HIV testand stay in England. Hell, get a syphilis,and chlamydia and gonorrhea test, and an exam by a licensed physician to answer the concerns of his unprotected partners. I think he owes them the test, havingexposedthem to his precious bodily fluids. It does seem like a fairly ridiculous extradition, but less ridiculous than killing 2000 Panamanians in bombing runs by stealthfighters, preparatory to arresting Manuel Noriega.

Thu, 12/02/2010 - 23:38 | 774170 bugs_
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Prevent unanticipated disclosures with WEAKILEAKS Brand Condoms!

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 00:28 | 774256 RockyRacoon
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Gonna get me one o' them Leaky websites.

Sure is a chick maggot... er, magnet.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 01:32 | 774365 DaveyJones
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Long as your site's the only thing that leaks

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 00:14 | 774240 OldTrooper
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Trademark that quick Bugs.

Thu, 12/02/2010 - 23:27 | 774158 essence
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Thanks GW .. your efforts,persistence and compedence rival your namesake.

It isn't a shock that ONLY the prospect of impacting a big bank could bring
so much heat from gov goons. Once again that validates my theory of what
forces are in control.

Couple things to note here.
One is that the big banks influnence is seemless across Euro countries.
Why am I not surprised.

Another item is the way the mainstream media handled this. Far,far from
the actual truth. Why am I not surprised.

A year or so ago I used to visit reuters and cnn for news.
I don't visit them anymore. They're useless, propaganda even.

The truth is out there, but one has to make an effort to find it.
Sadly we (the US) apparently are a people-of-walmart nation.

Scary thought.
We're doomed.

Nevertheless.... I'll carry on.
Ater all, mad max might need a friend in
the wasteland of the future.

 

 

 

 

 

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 00:13 | 774236 OldTrooper
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I'll meet you and Max a days ride west of Thunderdome.

Thu, 12/02/2010 - 23:22 | 774150 JLee2027
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You guys miss the point these male-bashing laws are only intended to remove men from power and hand that power to women. More civil lawsuits, keeps lawyers and judges employed, etc. 

Evil is what it actually is.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 06:13 | 774650 Fred C Dobbs
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You are getting to the point here.  Who blows you under what conditions is nobody's business.  This is especially true for governments.  

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 01:09 | 774324 Herd Redirectio...
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Save the Males!  

http://www.savethemales.ca

But honestly, this whole debacle only made Assange more infamous.  All publicity is good publicity.

Thu, 12/02/2010 - 23:18 | 774143 beastie
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The guy is a publicity seeking asshole and the women are publicity seeking whores. When he releases the info on the hard drive info I will have no further use for him.

I'm surprised there is only 5GB's of data on that drive. Most corporate machines would have a lot more than that. Send it this way Assange I'll pull out even the "erased" data.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 11:37 | 775398 Dimeboy
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5GB is aprox 2.5 million pages of text.

How fast can you read?

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 01:49 | 774400 IQ 145
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  Double good. I will Hire professionals to pull out that data. bring it, dude; just bring it.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 01:36 | 774374 Kina
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The guy is a publicity seeking asshole

 

Yeh right, making himself the enemy of the US security forces and mafia banks, putting a bulls-eye on his head.

 

Probably more guts in his little toe than you will accrue in two lifetimes. The asshole is of course...

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 08:14 | 774702 beastie
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There are many ways to release information that doesn't require you to put yourself in the public eye. This site is a good example.

 

Thu, 12/02/2010 - 23:09 | 774126 Precious
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If we had this Swedish condom law in America, 99% of sexually active US men would be felons.  

I think Sweden should put women in jail for lactating without a breast pump.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 10:59 | 775225 obelisks
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i wonder if Barney Franks knows about this law ?

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 11:08 | 775264 Careless Whisper
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i wonder if Lindsay Graham knows about this law ?

Thu, 12/02/2010 - 23:05 | 774113 Shiznit Diggity
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But he has not been accused of rape under any traditional meaning of that term.

Rape means nonconsensual sex. If the woman consented to sex but not to condomless sex and Assange had sex with her without a condom, the sex act was nonconsensual and therefore rape under the traditional meaning of that term. Whether she bought him breakfast afterwards is immaterial.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 01:47 | 774399 IQ 145
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 Is this what they mean by the feminization of males ? I suppose so. what a fuck wit.

Fri, 12/03/2010 - 08:32 | 774710 PolishHammer
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Absolutely correct

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