Re:Why bother? (Score 1)

The guy is not a saint, and he is a bit of an ass, but without paper guarantee that he will NOT be extradited out of sweden at any time in the future and will be allowed to leave sweden by whatever means and in whatever direction he chooses once he has faced his charges in swedish court and served any jail time or done whatever service is due because of his crime. Without that he is perfectly legitimate in being fucking terrified of going back there.

There's a number of legitimate reasons preventing the Swedish government from issuing a guarantee like that. For example, Swedish government officials are constitutionally prohibited from commenting on or interfering with individual cases. It's called Ministerstyre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministerstyre

The Swedish Prosecution office has some relevant info here: http://www.aklagare.se/In-English/Media/The-Assange-Matter