I am more skeptical of Snowden than I am of Assange but both could easily be limited hangouts and how are we to know that Manning wasn't part of it too (even unwittingly). The Snowden story is particularly suspect but I wonder whether the Julian Assange we see today is the same Julian we saw a year ago. The change coincided with a visit from Pamala Anderson and a possible abduction of Assange from the embassy although I've heard stories that Assange leaves the embassy regularly via underground tunnels. Nothing is what it seems and whatever sick shit we can imagine, in reality things are almost certianly worse. Nice post.