The thing I found off about him was his "burn it all down" attitude. He didn't care who he hurt to get to his goals (as mentioned in my other comment, he released basically a guide on which US foreign targets to hit and how in the diplomatic cables release).

Snowden is a much better example of someone that was trying to be a patriot. Snowden worked with journalists, and lawyers, to ensure his releases didn't cause the deaths of Americans or open our country to attacks.

Assange wanted the United States to burn, and I'm sorry but those who continue to back him despite the facts that have come out, from the lives he put at risk to the fact he's been exposed as a Russian agent, are damn close to traitors to everything the US stands for.