Appreciate the time you took to put together your thoughts on this. Not going point on point through your conclusions, although would say I agree with many of them.<p>I concur that ultimately Assange&#x27;s contribution to modern society would be judged as a sum of his contributions, and indeed we have many flawed champions, down to MLK. Belarusian opposition just as well would have been stomped out without Wikileaks&#x2F;Shamir&#x27;s assistance, although it&#x27;s certainly not appreciated.<p>Can&#x27;t help noticing however that the standard for evidence on any possible flaw of Assange is set exceptionally high. You&#x27;d be hard pressed to see a criticism of the establishment face the same scrutiny. Seen that happen both online and with my (mostly tech, mostly libertarian) friends here in Norway. E.g. the rape allegations tend to be downplayed or outright dismissed by quite a few, although same people would jump the gun if someone like Strauss-Kahn is in his place.