It may be that the greatest public service attending to the <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;plea deal&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/27/assange-wikileaks-deal-justice/&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/27/assange-wikileaks-deal-justice/" target="_blank">plea deal</a> that has allowed the pop culture celebrity hacker Julian Assange to return to his native Australia is the way it helpfully exposes what you could call a global directory of politicians, activists and media personalities who can now be confidently dismissed as never requiring any serious attention, ever again.

He's no journalist{ai:summary}<p>The underground network involved in this saga operates with the kind of icy ruthlessness that could only be matched by the dark alleys of some smoky noir film. #politics</p>

Terry Glavin: The moral indecency of Julian Assange

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