"I guess the point is, it doesn't matter how much good you do, it doesn't make you above the law."
Absolutely agree, I was going to post the same thing.
Take WikiLeaks out of it. The guy who has recently been convicted of causing the death of a girl in a speedboat accident and fled to Georgia has been roundly condemned, and quite rightly. Assange is alleged to have committed a crime, has not faced due process for those allegations, and fled himself, but seems to think it is OK because the US are out to get him for something else.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
