and you know what.  this guy should be in afghanistan right now facing hundreds of charges for releasing the names and locations of afghan informants.  he obviously wants to see all those people killed.

The duty prosecutor, Maria Haljebo Kjellstrand, said that she "did not regret her decision".

The two women who originally made the allegations did not make an official complaint and it was the police who took the decision to inform the prosecutor's office, she told Expressen newspaper, which broke the story of the charges.

"I received a report from the police which seemed to me to be sufficient to arrest him. On Friday evening I got a call from the police describing what the women said. The information I received was convincing enough for me to take my decision," Hljebo Kjellstrand was quoted as saying.

STOCKHOLM – A senior Swedish prosecutor reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday, the latest twist to a puzzling case in which prosecutors of different ranks have overruled each other.

The case was dismissed last week by Eva Finne, chief prosecutor in Stockholm, who overruled a lower-ranked prosecutor and said there was no reason to suspect that Assange, an Australian citizen, had raped a Swedish woman who had reported him to police.

The woman's lawyer appealed the decision. Director of Public Prosecution Marianne Ny decided to reopen the case Wednesday, saying new information had come in on Tuesday.

"We went through all the case material again, including what came in, and that's when I made my decision," to reopen the case, Ny told The Associated Press by phone.

Ny said "it's not entirely uncommon" that such reversals take place in Sweden, in particular regarding allegations of sex crimes.

Ny also decided that another complaint against Assange should be investigated on suspicion of "sexual coercion and sexual molestation." That overruled a previous decision to only investigate the case as "molestation," which is not a sex offense under Swedish law.

Claes Borgstrom, a lawyer who represents both women, welcomed the decision Wednesday.

"This is a redress for my clients, I have to say, because they have been dragged through the mud on the Internet, for having made things up or intending to frame Assange," Borgstrom said.

Borgstrom had previously dismissed rumors that the sex allegations were part of a conspiracy against Assange, saying "There is not an ounce of truth in all this about Pentagon, or the CIA, or smear campaigns, nothing like it."

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What a fucking soap opera. I wonder what's next?

Where's the no option?

you launch a site like wikileaks, you better be on you A game or the powers that be will try to take you down.

In the alternate universe where Assange is not a creepy-looking and very obvious sexual deviant, presumably.

Its so dam easy to discredit people these days. I'd say this was some get back for all those leaked Iraq war documents they released a month or so ago and even if he didn't rape the girl people will have there doubts about him from now on. Its a filthy world we live in

Well the poll doesn't have much point if you guys made up your mind already. BTW I agree with Richardhutnick

it was already explained earlier in the thread why there is no "no" option.  its not my fault you didnt read it.