[Assange] was applauded by transparency and anti-war campaigners for revealing the death of civilians, torture and clandestine military operations with the release of 500,000 US documents on the Iraq and Afghan wars.

But the United States and its allies accused him of risking lives by revealing information on sources, intelligence techniques and key infrastructure sites, with internal documents showing the US military considered him an "enemy".

Human rights groups and newspapers that once worked with Assange to edit and publish the war logs were also horrified when WikiLeaks dumped the documents unredacted online, including the names of informants.

https://menafn.com/1098360500/Julian-Assange-Transparency-icon-or-enemy-of-the-state

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Hypothesis. Assange was in deep shit with the US gov/military for Manning leaks. A deal was cut, which resulted in the DCN/podesta-clinton email leaks. The info on the DNC servers, Clinton servers, etc were in possession of Q the whole time. Info was given to Assange as cover. Seth Rich [cover?]

Manning's current incarceration may even be for protection, if he/she decided to make a deal and come clean about who he/she was working for. His/her background indicates he/she could be someone who could be easily compromised by a foreign power and who could be planted in MI [read his/her Wiki]. Snowden might not be getting a deal and has to pay.

Q may be setting the stage for the whole story to come out.