Editorial - Cables reveal history of secret cooperation between Swedish and US governments
Editorial - Cables reveal history of secret cooperation between Swedish and US governments More articles ... - PayPal freezes WikiLeaks donations - Statement on DDOS attacks - Statement on Cablegate Today’s revelations from the US Embassy Cables reveal a history of backroom deals between the US government and Swedish politicians and officials. The findings add weight to claims made this week by Mark Stephens, solicitor to Julian Assange, that the prosecution of Assange is politically motivated. The cables reveal a history of cooperation behind the scenes, with deliberate effort to prevent deals becoming public. Sweden is not a NATO member and its citizens place high value on the country’s neutrality. In one cable, from 2008, Swedish officials ask the US to keep all intelligence-gathering informal to avoid scrutiny from the Swedish Parliament and public: “She believed that, given Swedish constitutional requirements to present matters of national concern to Par...