[redwitch]

I honestly think the PFC who stole the information and gave it to WikiLeaks should be tried for treason, regardless of his motive. He was working for this government. He knew these documents were top secret. He deliberately snuck them out of a secure facility and then handed them to an entity known for publishing secret documents. Sounds like treason to me.

Sadly, I'm with those who say or imply that Assange will never be tried for posting the information. The man is like Bin Laden -- hides in too many places and too many consider him a hero.

I really don't care that opinions of other leaders was published. Hopefully, it was taken with a large grain of salt -- I'm sure if we could see documents from other nations (even allies), we'd see some pretty derogatory comments about our leaders (past and present). That it might interfere with diplomacy is too bad. If our government didn't want it repeated, they shouldn't have put it into words. Don't know about you, but I was taught to keep my private thoughts private and if I chose to say something about someone else, it was expected that they would get back to that person somehow.

However, to publish the names of people living in foreign nations working for the U.S. is inexcusable. Assange knew that he was jeopardizing their lives. He didn't care. To me, Assange is a murderer. Nothing more, nothing less.