Julian Assange: the balcony defence (Guardian editorial)

[JDPriestly]

60. The amount of money Sweden has spent on this case is way out of

proportion to the amount it most likely spends on other cases involving this allegation. It makes me suspect that Assange is correct and that this is motivated by a larger political witch hunt. The zeal of the prosecution does not pass the smell test.

I refer you to an article in which Borgstrom's sister Annette Kullenberg defends the Swedish love of alcohol and complains that Swedes are too quick to blame sex and fighting on alcohol.

http://www.nordstjernan.com/news/sweden/1289/

These charges are going to be very difficult to prove. Alcohol, sex, memories of a hazy morning. He said. She said. And which one of them was sleeping?

But then the lawyer has a rather interesting history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Borgstr%C3%B6m

I suspect that the US uses attacks on a person's sex life as a part of its psy-ops to undermine witnesses, to embarrass them. It was part of the torture techniques used at Abu Ghraib if you recall. Humilate a person about their sex life and you can easily destroy them. I wrote a post about this.

It is hard enough to prove rape in the context of a relationship when one or the other partner comes away with physical injuries. But here???? I assume that the burden of proof on a criminal charge is high enough in Sweden to promote justice. This would be very difficult to prove.