First the military man that collected the documents and provided them to Wikileaks should be tried for treason. This is an absolute.
However, I expect the media to leak anything that is truthful that is given to them. Whether it is the National Enquirer, Drudge, or the New York Times (barf!) and I don't consider the media publishing information as treason.
If Wikileaks is tried for treason, then the “Government” had better try for treason all the other “traditional media” and websites that have posted links to Wikileaks and/or summarized any of the cables that were part of the original tratorous act.
If the government doesn't do that, then they are going after Assange because they view him and his website as encouraging people to leak information, which I feel is stiferling “legitimate whistleblowers” who are not leaking classified information but information that powerful people or companies don't want distributed.
Again, the obtaining and turning over to a “media outlet” classified information is treason. A “media outlet” publishing information that is truthful and has been leaked to it, is a slippery slope against freedom of the press and a potential step in big brother censoring everything from what Monica Lewinski was doing in the Oval Office to what the Watergate burglars were doing.
Ping 10 for information- don’t think for a second Assange is some innocent ‘journalist’.
Ping 10 for information- don’t think for a second Assange is some innocent ‘journalist’.
Wikileaks is not the media. They are a broker, a middleman. The have negotiated exclusive access to leaked data, rather than just posting it for anyone to download. There are rumors about them buying and selling leaked data. There may be quid-pro-quo for exclusive access to information in returns for donations to Wikileaks.
Google "john young wikileaks".