This just in: For reasons unknown the us has suddenly lost all interest in persecuting Assange.
Here's a completely gratuitous and unrelated wikipedia link: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/George_W._Bush
If I was accused of rape, got out on bail and was walking down the street, it doesn't matter if I am guilty or not, people are going to be looking at me as if I were a criminal and would be crossing the street to avoid me.