I have a question for DU ladies.

[Pholus]

145. You might be correct.

And of course, we'll know when it plays out. And we will see it, unless you think of course that Assange will somehow manage to mail himself to Ecuador. I think it is safe to say he will be going to Sweden at some point.

Now we can talk about how horrible the allegations are for hours and hours but until he's finally and formally charged we are merely speculating. As a result, threads like the OP are specious at best as they try to play on emotion rather than the actual evidence which would be released during a real trial.

Assange was an idiot who may or may not have committed a rape but certainly damaged his cause. It remains to be seen if the current situation lands him in the U.S. based on espionage or conspiracy charges -- those are being considered by a VA grand jury (according to the Christian Science Monitor at least).

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0819/Assange-US-may-be-holding-one-of-world-s-foremost-political-prisoners

But as far as the appropriateness of charging him -- see, I've been told repeatedly that if I've done nothing wrong then I should have nothing to hide when it comes to invasions of my privacy. It seems the watchers may have some issues about being watched that stem from the corollary.