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I might be wrong about this, but I believe his point was that Sweden often extradites without judicial oversight.

While the current hearing is a complete farce, at least there's one.

I'm not sure where you came across this - but in Sweden it's a judge which rules on an extradition based on the extradition treaty between the US & Sweden.

There's precedent in the Swedish court system which has previously denied extradition on espionage charges.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/08/18/would-sweden-ever-extra...

From the article you linked:

> But Assange could be more afraid of a snatch-and-grab CIA operation. In 2002, Sweden collaborated with the United States in the extraordinary rendition of two Egyptians seeking asylum. That example is often seen as indicative of what even left-wing Scandinavian governments will do when pressured by the United States in such cases.

I must have come across the same as OP somewhere. Where Sweden was more likely to completely skip the judicial process, so we wouldn't notice it as we are now in the U.K. It wouldn't have reached Swedish courts to even see if your source still holds up.

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