> On 13 April 2019, two days after his arrest in London by British police, Le Monde editorialised: ‘Before we discuss the fate of whistleblowers battling secretive states, we must consider two self-evident facts. First, Julian Assange is answerable to the law, like anyone else ... Second, [he] is no friend to human rights.’ Why not? Because ‘this anti-American activist usually targets the secrets of democratic nations, rarely those of totalitarian states.’ In other words, he should target Russia more often, and go easier on the US.