Look at Kim Dotcom for a counterpoint. He's been fighting extradition for what, 4 or 5 years now?
New Zealand is just as much a lapdog of the USA as Sweden, and Dotcom actually has had charges laid.
New Zealand is just as much a lapdog of the USA as Sweden, and Dotcom actually has had charges laid.
I don't like the guy, but let's not lie about it.
This doesn't sound like something a lapdog would do (February 2016): http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/296076/us-requests-fa...
Lawyers for the US were at the High Court in Auckland today, where they asked Justice Asher to give the appeal priority and set an early date for the hearing.
Justice Asher declined that request but set a date for August.