There's many ways this could be a "good" thing: exposing the farce of international law when the US government and military claim global jurisdiction over a man who never set foot there seems just one of them.
Thanks. Will be interesting to see what the request is for. The limited amount I have read on the subject makes me think it will have to be very carefully worded - Assange appears not to have stolen anything and is not a citizsn of the US.