Assange's Ecuador bid sparks wacky escape ideas

It sounds like a brainteaser: how could WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange get from Ecuador's embassy in London onto a plane to its capital Quito, without setting foot on British territory?
Updated: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:44:20 GMT | By Agence France-Presse

... Paul Whiteway, London Director of the Independent Diplomat consultancy, said Assange could be arrested even before leaving the embassy's Victorian mansion block, which faces the famous Harrods department store.

"The premises are covered by diplomatic immunity under the Vienna Convention," he told AFP. "But in this case, the Ecuadorian embassy only occupies part of the building" ...

There has been speculation over whether Ecuadorian officials could bundle Assange out of Britain in a large "diplomatic bag" with immunity from search or seizure.

In a notorious case in 1984, the Nigerian government tried to kidnap former minister Umaru Dikko by smuggling him from Britain to Nigeria as diplomatic baggage. The plot was foiled by customs officials ...

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