Teribus. What Assange may or not be as an individual is to my mind an irrelevance. What wikileaks has done is peel back the false facade of politics and show the rotten core beneath. It has publicly exposed the machinations of our supposed leaders and shown them in their true colours. This has not been particularly edifying to watch, but I think Mr Average owes wikileaks a huge debt of gratitude for lifting up various stones and letting the sun shine on the corruption beneath.
Opprobrium does not seem to worry uncle sam so long as he gets his wicked way. It certainly does not impede the mediaeval use of drones where the operators are judge, jury and executioner within milliseconds.