LET'S GET THE PAPERWORK DONE, GUYS – AT 4:46 A.M. ET:  Pursuing the rogue at the head of WikiLeaks appears to be a growing priority among some, but not all, law-enforcement agencies.  Aside from releasing highly damaging documents that can get real people killed, he is also wanted in Sweden on a sexual assault charge.  It seems that paperwork may be holding up his arrest.  From Fox:

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reportedly is hiding in Britain and police know his whereabouts but have refrained from acting on an international arrest warrant on rape allegations because Swedish authorities made a mistake when filling out the paperwork.

The 39-year-old Australian computer hacker has been out of public sight since a Nov. 5 news conference, but supplied British police with contact details upon his arrival in October, Britain's The Independent newspaper reported Thursday.

The paper cited police sources who said they knew where Assange was staying and had his telephone number. It added that it was believed he was in southeast England.

However, a British police source told the Times of London that Assange had escaped arrest because Swedish authorities failed to fill out his arrest warrant correctly.

COMMENT:  Since Sweden is so socialist oriented, the government may have to appoint a commission to fill out the form.  Let them be quick about it.

I would hope our government is pursuing charges against Assange.  I am not an international lawyer, and don't know how that mechanism might work.  (Readers are invited to advise me.)  But the idea that someone could wreak such dangerous havoc with international diplomacy and escape punishment is not rational.

December 2, 2010