JBowyer - You are entitled to your opinions but I see a form of gullibility in that you would believe anything the politicians and bureaucrats would tell people, don't you think it is the right of people to inform when others are so BLATANTLY lying to us and be safe from retribution for doing so.

One thing politicians worldwide are scared of that is there dirty secrets and lies becoming public knowledge.

Nearly all wars America was and is involved in. There involvement was due to lying to congress and the public.

Sorry for misplaced trust.

Assange was only the messenger.

Don't shoot me I am only the messenger.

Why would anyone want to save him?

You'd have to be pretty gullible to believe Assange ever did anything for anyone but Assange.

Still we wouldn't have the government we have, or the polls we are seeing, if many weren't that gullible.

I think Julian Assange is lucky to be alive.

He should have faced the firing squad long ago. He is a thief, a national security liability, a hacker, a traitor and a dealer in stolen goods.

Its very easy to “socialize” his crimes on the basis of someone else’s moral crusades, like whatever, he is a hero because he blew the whistle on big, bad somebody.

No, he broke the laws of Australia and much of the developed world. Even the Guardian published some of his emails, but hey, the hypocrites can support Julian one minute and then when things get a bit hot they turn on him. Just gotta love the Guardian for sticking to their moral compass!

Does anyone else see the irony of Julian hiding in the embassy of a non democratic country?

I wonder also if the moral outrage brigade has spotted the “up for a Senate spot” as the “only thing that can save Julian?” Gullible?

Bring him back to Australia, not for a Senate seat but to charge him and bang him up

It is interesting how some who supported him are now penning criticisms of him. When it comes down to winning those comfy sinecures in the Senate he is seen as competition for the Greens. Maybe he will attract some of the disaffeceted-with-everything vote, taking some votes from the Greens.

Assange is a flawed character. However PM Gillard and her Attorney General were very wrong to publicly cut him loose and infer that he wouldn't be accepted back into Australia. That was seriously wrong of Gillard. It is unimaginable that any other leader of a democratic nation would do such a terrible thing. Gillard should have resigned and so should her Attorney General.

That very regrettable behaviour by the Gillard government meant that never again could an Australian citizen depend on support from his own country should bad luck or misfortune befall him, or even where charged with an offence while overseas. However drug criminals get support from the hand-wringers and Labor. Maybe you have to be a woman or ethnic, then Carr comes running. That is Labor, PC ideology and uneven representation.

Regardless, that Assange even contemplated nominating for a seat sends a positive message to the disaffected at large. Assange's worth for the job and motivation will be judged by voters. However he wouldn't be the worst villain to park himself in Parliament that is for sure.