Julian Assange picked his poison. No turning back now. He should have been smart to flee like Ed Snowden - the sharp IT tool who now only sees the sun on skype. Can't leave freezing Moscow for fear of rendition to Guantanamo. Assange has been prisoner at the London Embassy for a decade. Some fights you must think long and hard before joining. All those awards and no freedom.
By the way, the US Marine who dished out classified US Army intel to Wikileaks along with Snowden - Bradley Manning - was set free by Obama before he retired. Brad Manning had to recant his anti-US heroism and convert - literally - to a trans woman. She is now Chelsea Manning. With that Obama had no choice but to bend to his humanitarian instincts - cut her loose.