Baltasar Garzon demonstrates how to blow smoke from the ass:

[struggle4progress]

... WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's defence lawyer says his client, seeking asylum in Ecuador, is in a state of limbo because of secrecy from the United States over the charges it may pursue.

"We anticipate those charges, but do not have any information from the US as the grand jury proceedings are secret - and therefore the charges are secret," Baltasar Garzon, the Spanish former judge who heads Assange's legal team, said on Friday.

"If charges are secret, (Assange) is completely helpless" to plan how to answer the allegations made against him, Garzon told reporters in Quito ...

Secretive US keeping Assange in limbo: ex-judge
August 4, 2012 - 8:47AM
http://www.smh.com.au/world/secretive-us-keeping--assange-in-limbo-exjudge-20120804-23lub.html



He hit a little closer to the mark a few days ago:

... Garzon said he had no idea what was going on in the US ...

Spanish judge hits out at US over Assange
August 2, 2012 - 5:39AM
Ciaran Giles
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/spanish-judge-hits-out-at-us-over-assange-20120802-23g8g.html



One sentence summary: Garzon has no frickin idea what a grand jury is or does

[loli phabay]

1. its kinda funny to see what different systems of law handle stuff when they butt against each other

i wonder if stuff gets messed up i the legalese translations as well,

[MADem]

2. Your summary hits the nail on the head.

He makes rule of law sound nefarious, when it simply is what it is.

What amuses me is that some Americans are pouting along with the judge--they don't know how their own system works!