Just Contributing To His Martyr Image

Now that the Swedish government has made, then very quickly withdrawn rape charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the questions are a) do you think this was a small signal of revenge by the government types pissed off at the Afghan war leaks, and b) once the charges are leveled, even if they're emphatically withdrawn, does it stick anyway? I mean, everyone already thinks the guy's sort of creepy, so does the stigma go away when the authorities say "never mind"? (Los Angeles Times)

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