Great piece, thanks for sharing. "The first casualty of war is the truth and then its messengers" That is so true. In the end it is a very sad story and makes me realize (or remind rather) that "war is hell". It also makes one wonder whether what Assange did was right or whether it was selfish. He did miss 5 birthdays of his kids and paid a huge price, for what I ask? At what point your moral compass will say, OK, I don't want to get involved because its gonna bring harm to me and my family. Let's face it, his kids will be profoundly affected by these events. What lesson will they learn? Tell the truth and go to jail? I don't have illusions, not even for a second that this exposure and his story in general will change the secret services and the "dirty work" they do, they will adopt and find more creative ways to hunt the truth seekers. It is a sad, sad story. I like what the NY lawyer said and that is the main point: It's not that leaking classified information is OK, it's NOT (they have been classified for a reason). The main problem is that the way they classify it is wrong. He clearly stated that the government CAN'T classify anything to avoid consequences and yet they do it on a daily basis. Will Assange story change they way the governments all over the world behave? I wish it would but I strongly doubt it. Dundar deserves an award for this piece, it's very well done (by Deutsche Welle of all places...little shocker there). All this reaffirm my believes that we all should become more independent, self sufficient as much as possible, be good and help the brother man in need, expect nothing in return and always be vigilant. Stack sats and be happy!