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1. Let's never forget that Assange could have walked into the Russian embassy in London. The Russians would have happily granted him asylum and would have got him out of the country if Assange so wished. To be sure, he would have been accused of being a Russian agent.
2. But he was always likely to be accused of being that, Russian embassy or not. Assange chose Ecuador. He did so for idealistic reasons, a way of boosting the independence of small countries. However, small countries can withstand pressure from Great Powers only for so long.
3. Clearly, Assange should have gone to the Russian embassy. The lesson here is clear and has been so for a long time. If you want freedom, independence, national sovereignty, plurality and diversity in this world, you have to look to the Russians for that.
4. The British abduction--for that's what it was--of Assange was supposed to show the world that there's no place to hide from the US government. What it showed is that there is such a place, and that place is Russia. Snowden is doing fine.
