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British threats in WikiLeaks case ‘stupid’ – expert

Reported by Raw Story on Saturday, 18 August 2012 (on August 18, 2012)
Raw Story
Britain is considering using an obscure law to extract Julian Assange from Ecuador’s embassy in London, but experts say the possibility is slim — and one says London’s actions are “stupid”. Before it granted asylum to the WikiLeaks founder on Thursday, Ecuador made an angry rebuttal of what it saw as Britain’s threats to invade its embassy in London to arrest the Australian and extradite him to Sweden. British officials insist that its explanations to [...]

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