Have no sympathy for this bail jumping, secret exposing, alleged rapist, criminal scum bag, treacherous traitor and spy, for whom the private emails of any private citizen except Assange, were anything but private!

And if he didn't like the less than covert surveillance?

So what? He was, to coin a phrase, simply reaping as he sowed! Those who defend or would defend him, I believe, have (birds of a feather) similar moral values or none, Binroy.
Alan B.

An "exceptional figure"? Assange is a pathetic little oik who will soon be forgotten.

Hillary and HER Democrats still struggling to accept reality.

And truly, which group is in charge of US security?

I'd be hopeful Uncle Donald made very early efforts to rectify any imbalance which had many years of Democratic barnacle build up on its hull.

So the CNN beat-up? Assange the useful but incredible captured pawn of no value now, and especially no future threat to Trump.

One would hope the whole thing finally fizzles towards a flame-out, and Assange is released without charge, (under journalistic privilege), and is assisted to return to Australia.

Dan.

So,now,CNN is a naughty Child. Isn't it fun when the Lefties fall out with each other !

Assange a Journalist!? Surely you jest? He wasn't limiting his activities to reporting the news or exposing corruption but was like the unprincipled hacker/accused alleged rapist/petty criminal he surely is, was trying to open the most secret files of a sovereign nation to assist Putin?

And simply sort refuge, like any guilty party would if they could, to avoid facing the consequences of his crimes, in Sweden.

Imagine if he'd faced up to the consequences of his alleged actions, got a good trial Lawyer and defended his charges, he may have had to pay some restitution and done some parole?

Instead he, in my view, confirmed his undeniable guilt by jumping bail on the eve of his extradition! Then spent seven years as a voluntary prisoner, inside the Ecuadorian embassy! Hardly the actions of an entirely innocent man or any halfway decent,t bona fide journalist!
Alan B.

1. Kampmark complains about Assange coming to justice.

But its only fair. Saint Julian of Wikileaks systematically enticed people, like tranny Manny, to pass confidential information from democracies to Wikileaks. Like a spoilt child Assange wanted to hurt the parent countries that raised him.

In doing so Assange-Wikileaks has favoured the position of Russian and Chinese dictatorships. Wikileaks has published very few documents revealing Russia's and China's vicious human rights abuses.

Now why is that?

So Wikileaks document dumps have been repeatedly aimed at Democracies - to the tune of around 10 million confidential documents published (see the first para of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks ).

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2. Kampmark complaigns about "spying"

Well Wikileaks had its own pet spy - Ex CIA/NSA agent Edward Snowden forming a franchise of Wilileaks to hurt our democracies.

Snowden defected to Russia with many 1,000s of western Top Secret documents.

Snowden supplied and published these documents in 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks#2011%E2%80%932015 via Wikileaks with the permission of Snowden's host, Russian intelligence.

Russia still looks after its pet boy spy Snowden.