I tend to stay away from these types of stories, and far away from WL, but it doesn’t take a body language expert to see that Assange is one scared individual. There are no sanctuaries from some evils. I hope he’s made his peace with his God.
When Rich was killed, the leaks had already happened, correct? DWS had already resigned, if memory serves. So the damage from the leaks was already contained (it was embarrassing to the DNC, but not that damaging, IMO).
If I remember correctly, Seth Rich was on his way to meet with FBI agents, or so he thought. He wasn’t on the way to meet with WikiLeaks contacts.