As a journalist said on NightLife Newsroundup ABC Radio that Assange as a publisher did embarrass the US by publishing its war crimes; however, Australia as a US ally, embedded within their military deserves a small favour in return, to Free Assange. Bring Assange Home.

The US could do Australia a bigger favour by giving Assange a fair trial. I suspect his avoidance of justice reflects his awareness of the unknown multitude of people who suffered and died for the sake of him wanting a scoop. Thanks to Jules lots of people disappeared.

Fester,

Who did Assange cause to disappear?

The naive and narcissistic Assange did much to help the right, Russians, GOP and Trump, while throwing journalists and others, inc. himself (with Trump's help), under a bus; under reported in Australia to maintain his 'sainthood'.

David Corn (US left) Mother Jones:

'Denounce Julian Assange. Don’t Extradite Him. The prosecution of the conniving WikiLeaks founder poses a threat to American journalism...

...one PR problem with the case is that Assange is a highly unsympathetic character, for he is partly responsible for the damage done by Donald Trump during his presidency..

...In 2016, he collaborated with the Russian attack on the US election to help Trump win.....The Senate report notes that Assange’s group “timed its document releases for maximum political impact.” That is, WikiLeaks wasn’t acting in a noble information-sharing manner.

It sought to weaponize the information pilfered by Vladimir Putin’s operatives to cause harm to candidate Hillary Clinton, whom Assange and WikiLeaks had disparaged as a “sadistic sociopath” and a threat to the world. (“We believe it would be much better for [the] GOP to win,” WikiLeaks had tweeted.)...

...when the Washington Post on October 7, 2016, published the Access Hollywood video showing Trump bragging about grabbing women “by the pussy,” half an hour later WikiLeaks began releasing emails Russian hackers had swiped from John Podesta, the chair of Hillary Clinton’s campaign. This was a counterblow, an attempt to rescue Trump with a distraction. And to inflict the most pain it could on the Clinton campaign,'

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/12/denounce-julian-assange-dont-extradite-him/