A nice subtle smear. It'll go into the narrative as "Julian Assange who was once charged with rape in Sweden, and is the founder of anti-government site Wikilea

A nice subtle smear. It'll go into the narrative as "Julian Assange who was once charged with rape in Sweden, and is the founder of anti-government site Wikileaks ..." They're not trying to destroying him at this point, just ramp up the pressure. They have to be a little bit careful because he does, apparently, have that encrypted and distributed information bomb.