STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who angered Washington by releasing secret cables, said in a documentary on Sunday he faced prosecution by the United States and was disappointed with how Swedish justice had been abused.

Assange has been remanded in custody in Britain after a European arrest warrant was issued by Sweden, which wants to question Assange about allegations made by two women of sexual crimes. He has denied the allegations.

"I came to Sweden as a refugee publisher involved with an extraordinary publishing fight with the Pentagon, where people were being detained and there is an attempt to prosecute me for espionage," Assange said in an interview in the documentary, aired on Swedish public television.

"So I am unhappy and disappointed with how the Swedish justice system has been abused," the 39-year-old Australian added in the documentary, which was made before his arrest.

Assange faces a fresh British hearing on December 14. His Swedish lawyer has said he will fight extradition to Sweden.

One of his British lawyers, Jennifer Robinson, told ABC News in London on Friday that a U.S. indictment of Assange was imminent, but the report offered no further details or comment by Robinson why she believed charges were likely to be filed.

The U.S. Justice Department has been looking into a range of criminal charges, including violations of the 1917 Espionage Act, that could be filed in the WikiLeaks case involving the release of hundreds of confidential and classified U.S. diplomatic cables.

(Reporting by Patrick Lannin)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_wikileaks_assange

Kobojunkie:

Correction -- The Espionage act does not in anyway specify that only citizens of the united states or those who only commit crimes on american soil can be charged. I am not certain what factory these twists on what is continue to come from.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage


Also would like to draw your attention to the portion below from the same Wiki entry on the Espionage act

Now, I would also like to remind folks of the events that took place some months ago when Russian spies where cornered in the US and then released back to Russia at the end of the day.

lekanbar:

Espionage indeed, after all has been said and done, this man wasn't the one that leaked these secrets, people used the tool he created

http://lekanbaruwa./2010/12/13/googles-top-searches-of-2010/

safariman:

If this man loves freedom so much, I can't wait for him to go after Hugo Chavez and Amadenija secret cable messages and publish them

Kobojunkie:

[s]Correction -- The Espionage act does not in anyway specify that only citizens of the united states or those who only commit crimes on american soil can be charged.[/s] I am not certain what factory these twists on what is continue to come from.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage


Also would like to draw your attention to the portion below from the same Wiki entry on the Espionage act

Now, I would also like to remind folks of the events that took place some months ago when Russian spies where cornered in the US and then released back to Russia at the end of the day.

~Bluetooth:

what kind of law convicts a citizen of another country even when the crime is not committed on America soil ? It's a stu-pid law and for your information,the russians were caught on US soil and   swapped with US spies that were also arrested for espionage on russian soil.so stop twisting the whole rubbish to suit yourself.
US law is exclusive to only people within the US.US law is not an international law.mschew.

Kobojunkie:

Please stop arguing from a point of ignorance! It really does not do you good at all. Countries have been able to prosecute folks for crimes not necessarily committed on their grounds since time immemorial. Please stop asking these ignorant questions -- it is getting harder and harder to respond. I mean seriously, what do you expect me with this loco-logic you have above? And how can you call my statement a twist when you yourself CONFIRMED that the russian spy situation was FACT, even as you go ahead and inject a delusion of yours that there were also American spies caught in Russia during the same period?

Musiwa,:

when embassy staff turn themself as informant for another govt or withhold legal government document to citizen for personal selfish purpose because they have collected bribe or contract or even oil block or  money for information, which is what goes on in  most embassy in africa. that is espionage, in canada it is a serious case. It  is life jail , you better sit in naija and dont travel. and you can be arrested in another country like wikileak founder.  espionage is a serious crime.

what is wrong is wrong, you now try to cover up a crime, makes it worst, instead of assange to settle it out of court or apology. espionage is a serious crime. You die in jail at your age. Life time in some countries or execution.

How did nigeria leak robin sander memo or information to wikileak.

(Reuters) - A British court has agreed to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden where he is accused of sex crimes, dismissing claims such a move would breach his human rights.

Swedish prosecutors want to question Assange about allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denies, made by two WikiLeaks volunteers during his time in Sweden last August.

One alleges Assange, who has angered the U.S. government by releasing thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic cables on his website, sexually molested her by ignoring her request for him to use a condom during sex.

The second woman has said Assange had sex with her while she was asleep and that he was not wearing a condom.

Prosecutors say the second allegation falls into the least severe of three categories of violation in Sweden, carrying a maximum of four years in jail.

During three days of legal argument earlier this month, lawyers for Assange argued he would not get a fair trial in Sweden and said Swedish prosecutors had mishandled the case against the 39-year-old Australian computer expert.

They argued that he might wind up being sent to the United States where he could face execution.

Assange's lawyers also accused Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt of creating a "toxic atmosphere" in Sweden and damaging his chances of a fair trial by portraying him as "public enemy number one."

However, Judge Howard Riddle dismissed the arguments and ordered Assange be extradited although his lawyer said they would appeal against the decision.

The Swedish prosecution authority had no immediate comment but would post a statement on its website shortly, a spokeswoman for the office said.

Kobojunkie:

[size=14pt]UK court agrees Assange extradition to Sweden[/size]
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/24/us-britain-wikileaks-idUSTRE71M7PH20110224?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

Mobinga:

Yes. The US has won again. I dislike nations who fold under pressure. The swedish government has proven that they are mindless weak mudaphucking clones. I pray them and the US rot in hell.

Mobinga:

You think everything is straight forward? He should just go there and clear his name? So he gets sniped? He gets an unjust hearing and gets thrown behind bars? He gets thrown and gets killed in jail? What's wrong with you?

mr.official:

^^ Don't waste your time on justwise justdull.