Sweden drops arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founderBy Mia Shanley
STOCKHOLM | Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:34pm EDT
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish authorities issued an arrest warrant for the founder of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks on Saturday on suspicion of ****, but then swiftly withdrew it.
Chief Prosecutor Eva Finne determined there were not enough grounds for the warrant for Assange, whose website last month published secret U.S. military files on Afghanistan, the Swedish Prosecution Authority said on its website.
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he is no longer suspected of ****. All the charges concerning **** have been lifted," a spokeswoman for the office said. A police investigation continues into another accusation, of molestation.
Assange, who is Australian by birth, told WikiLeaks' Twitter page the charges were "without basis" and that their timing was "deeply disturbing."
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