Warez releases, Nintendo piracy, stolen phone cards. It all seems so small fry for the potential of a 40-year prison term and the effort of international arrest

Warez releases, Nintendo piracy, stolen phone cards. It all seems so small fry for the potential of a 40-year prison term and the effort of international arrests. If the US goes to this much effort for this small fry, they ain't gonna stop harassing for Assange in any circumstance. Whatever it is that determines what's "acceptable" and what's "pursue to the ends of the earth" in the US is a basket case. There must be more at play than what the article says, must be.