United States vs. Manning

A timeline of the U.S. investigation between 2006 to 2013

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2010-08-21
 
20 August 2010 Accompanied by Anna Ardin, Sofia Wiln visits a Stockholm police station by their own account, for the limited purpose of obtaining assistance in compelling Assange to take an HIV test. Anna Ardin is present during the interview with Ms. Wiln, which is conducted by a friend and political ally of Ms. Ardin [Irmelin Krans].

On the basis of very little information, prosecutor #1 [NAME OF PROSECUTOR No. 1] decides to arrest Assange in absentia on suspicion of rape and other sex crimes. When Ms. Wiln is informed of that decision, she is unable to continue the interview and leaves without approving the written account of it. News of the warrant is leaked to a Swedish tabloid [Expressen] and, within hours, global media are full of articles and headlines linking Assange's name to the word 'rape'.

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21 August 2010 Less than one full day after the arrest warrant is issued, it is revoked by prosecutor #2 [NAME OF PROSECUTOR No. 2] who finds that there are no grounds for suspicion of rape or any other sex crime. Anna Ardin is interviewed by the police via telephone, and gives an account of her sexual encounter with Assange on 13 August which differs from what she has previously told friends. Now, she says that she was the victim of a sexual assault, during which Assange is said to have destroyed a condom and duped her into having unprotected sex. But the 'used' condom she subsequently provides as evidence turns out to be
  Agency(ies): Nordic News Network
Concerning: Sweden versus Assange
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