mr. burnside.weden dropped them because they said there was no hope they would be able to arrest him, not because they don't believe he is guilty. one of the women who accused him called this decision today "a scandal." how would you respond to that? mr. burnside: the fact that the rape allegation -- the fact that it was a rape allegation makes it sound much more serious than the same act would have been seen as germany or britain or australia, for that matter. one of the cases was trapped several years ago. the one that was being pursued, he has always maintained his innocence in relation to that. his reluctance to face trial in sweden was simply based on the fact that it probably would have meant he would be carted off to america and thrown into a cell the way chelsea manning was. sarah: but mr. burnside -- it sounds very much, when we listen to assange, he considers himself to be a victim. i want to take a listen him a for our peers, to something he said earlier today. please stay on the line so