"Whether you agree with what Julian does or not, living by what you believe in and standing up for something is a good thing."

She said Julian Assange had put his life on hold when he was just 18 to care for his newborn son, Daniel, who is now 20 and works as a software developer in the southern city of Melbourne.

"Jules put his life and university studies on hold to parent Daniel and be there for him," Christine Assange said.

"He's a very good father -- not many men of that age will fight for their kid, but he stepped up to the responsibility."


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A hero. That simple. May Rummy, Obama, Cheney, Bush, Libby, and the rest die of rectal cancer.

And if JA is harmed, you have no idea what you're dealing with, dinosaur.