What does he have to gain?
Unless Podrock is right and its all part of some bigger deal.
But if that's the case, what's Assange got to gain? I don't think he gives a fig what happens to Manning. Of course, I'd love to see Assange squirming on the witness stand. I would like to see why all of the stuff Wiki has leaked, including the Snowden material, has never contained even one item embarrassing to the Russians or the Republicans.
I'm sorry, I just don't fall for all this noble whistle blower defender of freedom and privacy crap. These guys have an agenda, and freedom and privacy have nothing to do with it. I think they work for the Russians.