Why even Julian Assange's critics should defend him

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : This is probably the result of a campaign waged against Assange over the past decade and a half, aimed at destroying his reputation and depriving him of public support.
46% : This was the first time, in the 102 years since the draconian law's enactment, that a journalist was charged under the Espionage Act, which makes no distinction between a spy working for a foreign government and a journalist like Assange.
45% : During the period when the CPS was overseeing Assange's extradition to Sweden, Starmer made several trips to Washington as Director of Public Prosecutions.
32% : Following his arrest, the US immediately announced that it was charging Assange for computer fraud -- to which they added 17 much more serious counts of alleged violations of the Espionage Act -- and requested his extradition.

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