20.6.2006
Swedish TV to present today proof of US pressure behind Pirate Bay raid
According to
advance information the Swedish Television will present today proof of government-level US threats behind the May 31 Pirate Bay raid. According to available information US threatened Sweden with WIPO sanctions unless they shut down Pirate Bay. In an earlier TV interview following the raid Justice Minister Thomas Bodström denied strongly any foreign influences behind the raid, so the Swedes will get today public proof of his lying in that interview.
This will be politically potentially very explosive information and may lead to an another big backslash against both the Justice Minister himself and the political forces behind him. The Swedes as a proudly independent nation despise the idea of foreign powers being able to influence their justice officials and police forces. The filesharing debate is bound to get even more publicity in the Swedish media after tonight's revelations, to be aired in Rapport program an hour from now.