So what??

Does anybody really care what happens to Julian Assange?  Well, clearly there are those who do, so perhaps the question is - should we care?  This idea that he is some sort of knight in shining armour dedicated to protecting the public's right to know the dubious things their governments are getting up to strikes me as confusing cause and effect.  It may well be that the result of his activities has been to shine a light into some murky corners and to cause embarrassment to the US in particular, but I don't think his motives are that clear-cut.  If you look at the totality of his history, it seems to me that he's one of those people who do what they like simply because they can and they care little for what may result (good or bad) from their activities.  So why should we care?  As my Gran would have said - he's made his bed, and must now lie on it.