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		CurtMonash on Sept 7, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sweden 'a close partner' in NSA surveillance This puts Julian Assange's problems with Sweden -- and the UK/Sweden cooperation in same -- into a whole different context.

geon on Sept 7, 2013 [–]

Please elaborate.

CurtMonash on Sept 7, 2013 | [–]

Sweden is an important intelligence partner of the US. Assange is an enemy of US intelligence (even if he isn't focused directly on US espionage the way Snowden is).

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