why was it absurd, it seems to me he did the right thing, America will put him on trial if he is extradited there and like as not give him a life sentence. time that we stopped and thought what it is all about, not just leaking sensitive documents, but America is flexing it's muscles and they say jump, we say how high. If he goes to Sweden to answer charges of sexual assault, and is found guilty then ok, but that doesn't mean to say the Swedes won't hand him over to the Americans.