General Discussion

Not Julian Assange, because if he did, every journalist who receives information from a whistle blower should be tried for Espionage.

The Supreme Court already ruled on this when the Government tried to go after the NYT in the Ellsberg case. You should read that decision sometime if you haven't already.

Journalists have no obligation to withhold information they receive about the government from a source. Their job is to inform the public. I know it's hard to remember what journalism is supposed to be, it's been so long since there has been real journalism in this country.

But you can look at Wikileaks to get an idea of what journalism ought to be. And it scares the hell out of our leaders, REAL journalism scares them as it should.

And that is why the Founding Fathers put the 1st Amendment into the Constitution. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press especially, is the only way to reign in a government out of control. The US Government IS currently out of control because our news media has been hi-jacked by Corporate Entities.