Ecuador's Quandary Over Asylum For WikiLeaks Chief

[struggle4progress]

by The Associated Press
June 22, 2012, 04:29 pm ET

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — President Rafael Correa's objections to what he deems American interventionism in Latin America and his delight in Julian Assange's massive uncorking of U.S. secrets appear to have persuaded the WikiLeaks chief that Ecuador offers his best shot at avoiding extradition to Sweden ...

Correa was cagey on Thursday night, telling reporters that Ecuador was consulting with the other governments involved ...

Correa has also expelled three U.S. diplomats whom he considered threats, including an ambassador who suggested in one of the more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables that WikiLeaks laid bare that Correa was deliberately overlooking high-level police corruption ...

"This is a UK-Ecuador-Sweden issue," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Wednesday. "We want to see justice served; let's leave it at that" ...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=155591800

[Enrique]

1. "Your Wikileaks have made us stronger"

my new favorite Wikileaks quote.

[IamK]

3. even if he raped a couple of Swedish chicks....

you have to look.at the greater good... Collateral damage is not a big deal...

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. +1. Accountability only applies to those we don't like. Those we do, get a pass, even if they're..

reprehensible sexual predators. {allegedly}.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. "We want to see justice served; let's leave it at that" She said that with a straight face??

The U.S. State Department wants "justice". Since when?