08/16/12 – Marcy Wheeler – The Scott Horton Show

by | Aug 16, 2012 | Interviews | 15 comments

Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses Ecuador’s decision to grant diplomatic asylum to Wikileaks’ Julian Assange; consequent British threats to revoke embassy sovereignty and detain Assange by force; the broad assumption that US pressure is forcing the British overreaction; Sweden’s previous cooperation with CIA torture rendition requests; and why this is probably all about extraditing Assange to the US, where he’ll be put in Guantanamo or prosecuted under the Espionage Act.

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