Julian Assange founded Wikileaks and appears to take pride in his orchestrating the publication of what are considered to be inflammatory state secrets. Whether or not that is a crime or a cause for adulation is debatable. To add to that inditement though there are allegations that Assange committed sex crimes in Sweden; those are serious allegations and, if he is guilty, his victims require justice. I can't even remember how Assage ended up in the UK but it predates the Borders Agency debacles.
The UK judicial process deemed that Assange should be extradited to Sweden to assist Wallander's mates with their enquiries. Assange, with his own interpretation of transparency and justice, wasn't just as keen on transparency as we would at first thought. He went to ground claiming this was all an American conspiracy to get him within the reach of the Stars and Stripes where justice would evade him. The Celebrity Big Brother house wasn't considered a safe haven so he took refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy. (Let's not forget that while most could reliably make a stab at locating Sweden on a map, I think it would be an interesting challenge for those who have just received 'A' Level Geography to locate Ecuador on a map.) Assange lost his appeal against extradition to Sweden and now there's a stand off. One man and one generally unknown country standing in the way of UK, Swedish and US aspirations. This isn't David and Goliath, this is the equivalent of two hobbits against a gang of Goliath and his buddies tooled up with an arsenal.
