John Pilger's love affair with Wikileaks blinds him to the failure of Julian Assange the man. So much of his article is factually incorrect, out of context or plain hysterical.

Short of the most extraordinary conspiracy between Sweden, UK, USA and Australia, it is entirely believable that instead the notoriously promiscuous Mr Assange really did upset two Swedish women he chose to sleep with and a pedantic Swedish police system has been caught in the headlights of a celebrity circus.

Not the first man to deny sexual assault allegations.

In a manner not dissimilar to the way Marcus Einfeld found himself jailed for two years over lying about a speeding ticket, Julian Assange's intransigence & hubris has found him on the wrong side of the law and inventing a conspirasy that is completely devoid of corroborating evidence. His army of zealous fans & a calculated social media campaign fits established fringe elements looking for an anti-hero.

The actual facts of Assange in Sweden have now been spun so often & so effectively as to remove ready access to the actual truth. A cover up.

The actual facts are condensed here for ready reference.
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=17188

For further reference this website has collated all the real facts of Assange in Sweden
http://www.wikiwatch.org.uk/common-misconceptions/