Wikileaks didn't break the Abu Ghraib story - CBS news did.  Wikileaks first big "scoop" was the State Department cables and DOD videos handed over by Bradley Manning.  I can't speak for others on the "left", but I for one always thought Assange was a douche.  I hope he rots in that Guatemalan embassy.  By the way, I imagine even the Guatemalans are having second thoughts about giving him asylum.  I can't imagine Guatemala, or any other country in Central America looks forward to a President Trump.  I heard that it was the Guatemalans who just cut off his internet access.