<story><title>WikiLeaks Founder Added To The Interpol Wanted List</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/30/wikileaks-julian-assange/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>philk</author><text>Perhaps I should be joining the tin-foil hat brigade but these allegations have always seemed conveniently timed.&lt;p&gt;There are few better ways to damage someone&apos;s credibility than alleging rape, even if the allegations don&apos;t hold water.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mpk</author><text>I&apos;ll refrain from commenting on the allegations, but the timing is very suspicious. I mean, really, right after this big leak? And anyway, how many people make the Interpol Red Notice list for rape allegations?&lt;p&gt;As long as we&apos;re on the tin-foil hat path, being dragged to Sweden would place him into custody there. (I know, he&apos;s wanted &apos;for questioning&apos; - that&apos;s what the Red Notice is based on). That would give the USA (which has an extradition treaty with Sweden) plenty of time to build a legal case against him without worrying about him disappearing or pulling more PR stunts.&lt;p&gt;As long as the USA doesn&apos;t charge him with something that is punishable with the death penalty (most EU countries won&apos;t extradite suspects that would face that), it&apos;s into the bureaucratic legal mill for him.</text></comment>
<story><title>WikiLeaks Founder Added To The Interpol Wanted List</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/30/wikileaks-julian-assange/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>philk</author><text>Perhaps I should be joining the tin-foil hat brigade but these allegations have always seemed conveniently timed.&lt;p&gt;There are few better ways to damage someone&apos;s credibility than alleging rape, even if the allegations don&apos;t hold water.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jbooth</author><text>According to Al Jazeera, the charges were dropped in August.  I clicked through to their original source link, though, and it says he&apos;s been &quot;detained in absence&quot;.  Have to assume it said something different when the article was originally published on 8/21.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/08/2010821153010551757.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/08/20108211530...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>