WikiLeaks founder 'free to leave Sweden'

[Mefistofeles]

Source: AFP

Sat Sep 18, 11:22 am ET

STOCKHOLM (AFP) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is free to leave Sweden, after prosecutors said there was no arrest warrant against him for an alleged case of rape, one of his lawyers said Saturday.

Bjorn Hurtig said an investigation was still under way but the head of the whistleblowing website had been given no summons for questioning.

"I have been told that there is no arrest warrant against him," meaning Assange could do what he liked, including going abroad, Hurtig said.

Sweden's director of prosecutions Marianne Ny said on September 1 she was reopening a rape probe against the Australian, who had an arrest warrant against him issued on August 20 but saw it withdrawn by another prosecutor the following day.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100918/en_afp/swedencrimeinternetwikileaksrape

[Meeker Morgan]

1. Are the Swedish authorities kind of nicely asking him to leave? n/t

[melm00se]

4. it sounds like it

[Vehl]

2. He will have to be extra careful when travelling

The last thing he would want is to get hit by a "drunk driver" or something of that sort.

[MickeyD]

3. Yeah ,

and he shouldn't fly in small planes either. :scared: