Julian Assange is a US asset.

Julian was used strategically (whether he knew it or not - think strategic feeding of intel) to ease governmental resistance by citizens, to fuel lack of governmental confidence when necessary, to utilize blackmail on particular entities and obviously to pass information along to certain outlets without the threat of being revealed.

Why is this significant?

Well, to put it bluntly, he's comparable to Edward Snowden (C_A faction), where Ed was blackmailed/paid off to sabotage potential utility of other agencies (N_A), yet not quite the same. The big difference between them being Assange was used more as a scapegoat and a blackmail anchor and Snow was used as a weapon that ran a political psyop.

You see, Assange has been in limbo because he pissed off certain people along the way, presumably because he defied rather sensitive orders after realizing more than what he was suppose to have about delicate details involving specific people with which many of you are quite familiar.

The news about Assange's being granted a return to his country is quite curious. What relationship does Australia have with Assange's accusers? What factions are to be focused on after hearing this news? How likely is Assange to be extradited from AUS to US/UK, considering the FVEY connections they share?

Finally, will Assange be allowed to plea his case? What does this mean for the future of Wikileaks and his role as a gatherer and deliverer of sensitive intelligence?