Like almost everyone — including government and law enforcement officials on multiple continents — I’m struggling to answer this question: Exactly who is Julian Assange? is Assange merely a journalist with an altruistic desire to uncover the truth about the actions of governments and large corporations, as he would have you believe? Is he guilty of espionage and other acts that warrant labeling him an enemy of the state, as the U.S. Department of Justice contends? Or is he a common criminal, as police in Sweden allege?
