[tim333]

They are not prosecuting him for that. In main for:

>allegations that in 2010, Assange offered to help Manning, the Army intelligence analyst, crack a password to break into a classified U.S. government network, an act that would have gone beyond journalism.

People report crimes committed by the empire all the time without difficulties. Here's a wikipedia with some for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_war_crimes

[derelicta]

I have a hard time believing they planned his assassination just for a mere cracked password.

[tim333]

There's a difference between what they think he's responsible for and what they think they can prove in court.