CIA Reportedly Considered Kidnapping, Assassinating Julian Assange

They are more concerned with doing something that is very hard instead of asking themselves what's the rationale behind it and most importantly who is going to benefit from it.

I am sure right now somebody in there is making the case to do something about the most innocent and non threatening person in the world, just to prove that it can be done

The dude goes out of his way to release private and confidential spy agency information to the public. None of this is surprising.