First off if... IF Assange really did assist that twink idiot in cracking passwords to hack information from the NSA/military systems then he isn't JUST a reporter and he should know better. Although in the current environment I take those reports with a grain of salt.

My biggest problem with Assange is that when he received confidential info and then published it online he redacted NOTHING. He included people's names and even home addresses. He ruined peoples lives. He played judge, jury, and executioner.

Most of his victims from what I've read, and I admit I'm no expert, were military soldiers/pilots who were following orders and ROE given to them by commanders. Which sometimes isn't an excuse but more often than not is good reason to stop and think about what you are doing. Assange is a toddler with a 9mm pistol who could care less who he shoots he just wants to hear the loud bang so he can laugh and enjoy himself. He also loves the attention it gets him as everyone rushes to take the gun away from him.

He had an opportunity to do some real good and he squandered it with vanity and narcissism. Now, do I think he deserves to be in jail or just even truly deserves all the stupid shit that has happened to him... the embassy thing and now being locked up etc... no, not really. But he's not blameless in his own fate. He fucked around and found out. That isn't a judgment on his guilt or innocence or even right or wrong of it all... its just a simple truth. He grabbed the biggest bull in the whole dam stadium by the horns and got thrown right the hell into orbit for his effort.

HE grabbed the bull. The bull didn't just come at him for no reason.