VIDEO: The Extraordinary Rejection of the U.S.'s Request to Extradite Julian Assange

While today's ruling in London was far from ideal, any event that brings the WikiLeaks founder closer to his long overdue freedom is a positive one.

Stella Morris, Julian Assange’s fiancé, speaks to supporters and media outside the Central Criminal Court in London as District Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that the founder of WikiLeaks should not be extradited to the United States to face trial for espionage charges, on Jan. 4, 2021 (Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

A British judge …