Why not equating him to these ? In my opinion, Assange is well worthy of a peace Nobel prize. He after all contributed a lot to the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq [1] and for the beginning of the Tunisian uprising [2]. Such a prize would also be very useful in that the money attached would greatly help fuel his efforts.

[1] http://www.salon.com/writer/glenn_greenwald/ http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/1023/Iraq-s-...

[2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/02/wikileaks-exclus... http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-18/opinion/tunisia.wikileaks...