Assange - Aussie Govt Does Nothing ... Oh, & ... Sweden Law Firm CIA Collaboration

Two good articles regarding Assange Although I hate simply putting up links to articles without summarising them for myself with masses of insane highlight (in the vain hope I'll remember everything), in this case, I might have to post links for these two lengthy articles or I'll be highlighting forever ... with an impatient, clammy 'mouse-hand'.  Yew! Australian government denies Julian Assange effective diplomatic assistance Article 1 Article:  'The futility of regret' April 29, 2015 By Kellie Tranter  - here. What stood out for me: Senator David Leyonhjelm didn't even get the embassy straight.  Er ... how many years has it been?  And: " ... he failed to acknowledge that Assange was granted asylum only after a formal assessment by the government of Ecuador in relation to the current and future risks of persecution and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in the United States in response to his publishing activities and political opinions." [Article 1 - here] How bad is that? And it gets worse.  No response from the following senators: Senator Xenophon Senator Lazarus Senator Muir Senator Madigan    [Article 1 - here] By this stage, I bet you're thinking:  I'd hate to be an Aussie in trouble abroad.  Eh? The author concludes that Australia: " ... has simply asserted that it has provided appropriate assistance, but it has taken no active steps to look at what its ally the United States has been trying to engineer, or to objectively assess Assange’s situation in relation to the allegations being made against him purely on the basis of his personal position as an Australian citizen. This represents a profound failure on the part of the Australian government in terms of its obligations to one of its citizens." [Article 1 - here]  Yikes!  Thomas Bodstrom collaborated with CIA! Article 2 Article:  'According to the UN International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights, Assange’s detention should be ended' 30 Apr, 2015 By Admin - here. The following really caught my attention in the second article, concerning Sweden's legal manoeuvres: " ... the case was reopened after a petition to the prosecutor office of Ms Marianne Ny by the law firm Bordström & Borgström. [11] Lawyer Thomas Bodström, in his role of ex Minister of Justice, has been identified by Eva Franchell (press secretary for the late Minister for Foreign Affairs, Anna Lindh) as directly implicated in the collaboration with CIA over the illegal extradition (so called secret extraordinary renditions) of prisoners from Sweden. [12] Bordström has been reported to the Swedish Parliament ’s constitutional committee over the extraordinary renditions to the CIA in 2001. For this Sweden has already been sanctioned by the United Nations for infringement on the UN Torture Ban. [13] At that time (10 August 2010), the U.S. government had requested the countries participating in the US-led military occupation of Afghanistan to initiate prosecution of Assange, the WikiLeaks founder. [14]"  [Article 2 - here] That's pretty shocking, wouldn't you say? Anyway, I'll leave those that are interested to check out the articles themselves, at the links provided.