Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
For the record: I am Swedish and I read the blogs etc of these two girls when I started this thread. I honestly don't think either is a CIA spy. The main accuser is a pretty serious socialist; has been active in the Red movement since her early teens. Her friends say there is NO way she'd do anything for the CIA. Apparently she told her friends that she wanted to sleep with Assange because he was cool. Later she complained that he was in fact lousy in bed... but never about rape. The other girl also had some kind of hero crush on him. The first girl is a rather extreme feminist - and she's not even accusing Assange of rape per se; the accusation is about failure to use adequate protection. They whole incident is so ridiculous - the CIA would have done a much more thorough and convincing job if they really had set him up - which would have been super-easy from the sound of things.
There is always some risk for any person to get in trouble. And there are indirect ways to find such potentially troublesome situation, provoke it and control the process. That is what secret services must be able to do. Of course nobody came to a girl and say "I am Bond. James Bond. I'll pay you $1e6 if you will accuse that guy". But for example, she could occasionally find or hear something that makes her mad about that guy. Or find a clue how to became a celebrity (if that is what she dreamed of) etc. etc. Conspiracies are delicate matter.

The result is he got a strong psychological pressure for ridiculous reasons. He became ridiculous himself because of it. Of course CIA did not want him to be killed or imprisoned for a long term or he will become a martyr and hero for the public. And this is a warning for all those narcissic would-be heroes: if you will make us troubles, then you will get exhausting ridiculous problems. Good work, CIA!