ASSANGE - Sweden Legal Experts: Crime not substantiated / "How Sweden Collaborated With CIA on Renditions and Framing of Assange"

GOOGLE TRANSLATION [+ Bing Translate / EDITS as marked] [For discussion purposes only.  For quotes, refer to the original Swedish article.] SOURCE http://www.magasinetparagraf.se/bilden/forundersokningen-avseende-assange Now we publish the preliminary investigation of Julian Assange When I read the preliminary investigation of Assange's "sex crimes" I understand why police and prosecutors do not go to London and interrogate him. [Had they done so,] the investigation would be closed down with [a] clear [explanation]:  Crime not substantiated. The picture illustrating this article shows how in much of the world sees the State [of] Sweden's actions against Julian Assange. I have recently had access to the entire Swedish preliminary investigation of Julian Assange's alleged sex crimes. [We have] been hesitant [as to] if we would publish it or not. Not because it is confidential. There is often need for us [at] Paragraf [to] publish documents [leaders] of various kinds hide, but because it deals with intimate sexual details. And the two women who reported Assange thus, to some extent, [would] be hung out. But [as] the dirty games [have] now lasted month after month, [we have chosen to] publish it. Questions and answers A few short questions and answers describe what it is about: Assange picked up these two women? No, they picked him up and invited him to stay in their apartments. Did they come from if they do not want to sleep with him? No not at all. He used violence to have sex with them? No. Did he prefer to have sex without a condom? Yes, but it is not illegal. Had he deliberately broke a condom? It is a claim which he rejects, and how it was with the matter can not be demonstrated by the investigation. Became one of the women pregnant or infected by any disease? No. Why was it even a police investigation of sex crimes? Because the two women wanted to know if through police Assange could be compelled to get tested for HIV. The situation was not one to assert some form of sex crimes, let alone rape. But various police officers, attorneys / courtroom advocates and their employees convinced the women to [report] Assange [in respect] of sex crimes, including rape. Probably the women regret this today, when they reasonably understand in which power games they have fallen - and how they have been exploited by various forces.  Like a rock idol As we have seen Assange in TV reports from different parts of the world it is always at least one woman at his side, looking admiringly at him. He treated a bit like a rock idol and surrounded consequently of groupies. In this case the intelligence groupies. The problem is that he also appears as a moment celebrated rock star in his relationships with women he ends up in bed with. The investigation shows that he is far from being a fine courting gentleman. The women have to pay his food and travel. And his attitude and approach regarding the erotic can probably be best described in the words: - Well, are we going to f*ck or how do you want it? He thus shows clearly that he is currently sharing a bed with, definitely not the woman of his life. Moreover, it seems to be so and so with the cleanliness. In short, might not be the most fun to have remained in his apartment after the first night's adventure. But there is nothing new under the sun. Who has not experienced it, whether we are men or women? The situation may be more or less unpleasant or even a bit unpleasant. But it has not happened anything illegal, however much we may regret at the erotic adventure. Warned Assange One of the journalists who heard the preliminary investigation tells how he warned Assange for what may result in him being honey trapped, thus ends up in a sexfälla [ie sex trap].  He does so because he sees how women swarming around Assange, and he responds specifically to how one of these women act. Now I do not believe a second that these women are part of a conspiracy against Assange. But it may be incredibly naive if you do not realize that different forces have taken advantage of the situation - and therefore these women. Should be closed down I have asked four experienced court lawyers to read the preliminary investigation and assess whether they can see no basis for prosecution. None of them is a lawyer. One could possibly consider a prosecution for assault, but was doubtful as to whether it would hold. The other three were unanimous in that the whole thing should be closed. So the same thing as the highly respected chief prosecutor Eva Finné reached when the case ended up on her table. Julian Assange may be a clumsy lover and sometimes behave arrogantly. He undeniably uses his stardom - but none of it is illegal. And one need not be specially conspiratorially inclined to realize that the current situation is the absolute best for the CIA and the US: He [has taken refuge] in an embassy of a state that stands for all that he opposed. And he refuses to go to Sweden for questioning about sex crimes he is suspected of. For the US, it could obviously not be better. That there he would be sentenced to life imprisonment or the like would put the US in a very difficult situation, both at home and internationally. The last thing that Julian Assange says when he is questioned in the investigation in Sweden: We can always continue if necessary. He has subsequently held on to. He has always been available for questioning in London - and it still is today. When I read the preliminary investigation I realize why there have been no more questioning. Why not some police officers and prosecutors have made their way to London and passed it out here: It would have resulted in the full closed. Or, expressed more legally and formally: Crime not substantiated. For some reason, do not want the State Sweden contribute to it. Published December 6, 2012 12:00 Dick Sundvall Below we publish the full investigation of Assange as a separate file. Previous article about the Assange case is available here: High time to interrogate Assange. Bifogade filer [attachments] AssangeSexAllegations.pdf (4.2 MB) SOURCE http://www.magasinetparagraf.se/bilden/forundersokningen-avseende-assange SEE ALSO Google Translate Link: https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=http://www.magasinetparagraf.se/bilden/forundersokningen-avseende-assange&prev=search OTHER Dick Sundvall, editor born in 1946 in Uppsala, Sweden Swedish journalist, author and social commentator - here Father of:  Carl M. Sundvall Swedish journalist and former restaurant owner - here 'domstolsjurister'  - translates to 'court lawyers' or 'judiciary', depending on where you look.  'knulla' - is 'f*ck' or other variations / checked because I couldn't believe it was in the article.  Thought someone had been vandalising Google translate.  lol   --------------------- COMMENT Took the liberty of doing some of my own edits of the Google translation of the Swedish article (above), in the hope of getting something that reads more fluidly.  But after my initial enthusiasm, I got over attempting to minimally restructure without the requisite Swedish, and have let the garbled Google stand as is.  However, there's a link to the original Swedish and a link to the Google translation for further reference. Kind of weird revisiting a subject matter this personal.  Awkward.  Like maybe surreptitiously going through someone's personal effects, or ferreting through a person's garbage bin.  Setting aside the weirdness of the subject matter up for public scrutiny, it's rather an exciting article because (a) it appears in the Swedish press and (b) it would appear to indicate just how flimsy a legal file the Swedish prosecution has relied upon in this Clayton's 'investigation' / non-investigation of almost 5 years detention without charge - or even preliminary interview. The article's raw, Google translation's a scream. The translation comes out like maybe a 1950s Mills & Boon gone rock mag / tabloid: "rock idol and surrounded consequently of groupies" ... "always at least one woman at his side, looking admiringly at him" From what I've previously read, Assange can't have been too bad a house-guest (as the article above seems to read), as his hostess (a woman involved in the police allegations) clearly declined an offer for Assange to continue his stay at another residence in Sweden: " ... crayfish party in Assange’s honour. Alternative lodgings are offered to Assange, but [AA] invites him to continue residing at her flat. A guest at the party stated: "It was a very hearty evening" and when he offered for Assange to stay at his apartment, [AA] replied, "he can stay with me."  [here] Some of what stood out for me is this: Of four (4) legal experts ('domstolsjurister' / 'court lawyers' or 'judiciary' - status unclear to me) examining the State's preliminary investigation documentation: three (3) were unanimous in that the whole thing should be closed. one (1) believed the State could possibly consider a prosecution for assault, but was doubtful as to whether it would hold.  three (3) examining legal experts reached the same conclusion as:  highly respected chief prosecutor Eva Finn, who dismissed this in the first place. Assange has always been available for questioning in London. As the article states, "the current situation is the absolute best for the CIA and the US," which has now been investigating Assange and WikiLeaks, in secret (ie classified / no documentation released pursuant to freedom of information laws), for the last five (5) years.  And the penalties the US would seek are as follows: USG Assange Charges Five Types: espionage conspiracy to commit espionage computer fraud & abuse theft of secrets general conspiracy Were the above x1 charge each = 45 yrs But they're multiples of each type of charge. Also:  Espionage Act has life imprisonment & death penalty provisions. So this is pretty high stakes for the US (and for Assange, of course).  Given Sweden's history of obliging the Americans and the CIA, one does wonder just how obliging the Swedes are in this instance. As the article says, it's easy to see why Sweden has avoided progressing the flimsy (and highly suspect) 'investigation' by consistently dodging even taking the first and vital step to moving this along by simply questioning Assange in London. Checked out the 'preliminary investigation' documents attachment and referred to in the article.  It's 100 pages of Swedish PDF, so it means nothing to English readers - unless they're keen enough to bash it out as written & Google translate the input.  At 100 pages of this file, you'd have to be really keen.  GET A LOAD OF THIS, PEOPLE:   How Sweden Collaborated With CIA on Renditions and Framing of Assange Dec 19, 2012 at 5:54 pm By Rafik Saley, Okoth Osewe, and John Goss EXTRACTS   By his own admission, Sweden’s Ambassador to Australia Mr. Sven-Olof Petersson had advance knowledge of the CIA rendition flight that took place on December 18, 2001 from Stockholm to Egypt. This flight ended in Egyptian nationals Ahmed Agiza and Muhammad al-Zery being illegally rendered and tortured. Mr. Petersson’s admission comes from a statement to the Swedish Parliament’s Constitutional Committee, confirming that he attended a briefing on December 17, 2001 at which the rendition process was finalized. Moreover, the Constitutional Committee’s report shows that he knew about the renditions at the end of November and probably even in mid-November. In fact, it was he who kept Minister of Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh updated on the progress of deportation arrangements with the CIA in November 2001.[i] Petersson was then Sweden’s Director General for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[ii] Illegal and unconstitutional decisions of this sort, made behind closed doors, show contempt for the Swedish legal system, which has been further denigrated by attempts to get Wikileaks founder Julian Assange flown to Sweden on flimsy allegations of a sexual nature, from where, concerned parties believe the CIA would pick him up and put him on trial in the United States. Ironically, it was through Wikileaks that the world learned about the diplomatic tiff between the US and Sweden that brought an end to Swedish rendition in 2006.[iii] FULL ARTICLE http://newsjunkiepost.com/2012/12/19/how-sweden-collaborated-with-cia-on-renditions-and-framing-of-assange/#sthash.VTKJNK95.dpuf -------  Assange FAQ ------- https://justice4assange.com/