So — it seems that Julian has been again granted bail and will be free today if the paperwork can be processed in time. At press time, the House of Commons was in an emergency session trying to approve the Paperwork Delay Act of 2010.
I’m reading that bail is £200K with an additional £40K in assurities. He will be under ‘mansion arrest’, and have a diversity of other requirements, like reporting to the principal’s office every day. His diet will be restricted to Swedish meatballs and Swedish fish. On Fridays he will be allowed to have fish and finger pie. Assange will also be required to leave one arm, one leg and his frontal lobe with Her Majesty’s court.
Anna Ardin has been hired on as entertainment for £1,500 a day, fulfilling her longstanding desire to… Okay just kidding about that part. Attorney General Eric Holder was seen earlier today at the exclusive Repeat Performance store in Washington, DC, purchasing Capezios.
Seriously though. Here’s how the political commentator Xymphora summed it up in her blog this morning:
How does a British judge say, in the most polite way possible, ‘Fuck you, Sweden’?:
“The history of the way it [the case] has been dealt with by the Swedish prosecutors would give Mr Assange some basis that he might be acquitted following a trial.”
Meanwhile, the Vancouver Sun is reporting that Sweden has denied that it’s the entity that opposed Assange’s bail. In the UK court, Sweden is being represented in the extradition process by the British government. Its own attorneys do not appear. Here’s how the Sun reported it —
There was confusion over whether Britain or Sweden had been behind the bid to deny him bail. A spokeswoman for Sweden’s prosecution authority said the case was in British hands.
Britain’s Director of Public Prosecutions told BBC radio that prosecutors had been acting as the agents for the Swedish government but declined to comment on the specifics of the case.
The Irish news site BreakingNews.ie reported today: