> Wikileaks began on Sunday November 28th 2010 publishing 251,287 leaked United States embassy cables...
Indiscriminately releasing dumps of secret US embassy cables in no way can be classified as journalistic activities.
If on the other hand WikiLeaks only released a specific few cables that in some way showed a real crime taking place, that would be another story.
But what they did had only one purpose - promote WikiLeaks, embarrass the US, attempt to hurt the US, give ammunition to non-US players.
While what WikiLeaks did is not a crime (since they did not facilitate the theft of those cables, and Julian is not a US citizen), what they did cannot be classified as journalistic activities.
The notion that they did this to expose the fact that US has self-interests first and foremost is absurd. Every nation is like that, except for the one or two that are committing suicide.
Regardless of whether you think WikiLeaks is engaged in "true journalism", the activities referred to in the article took place before the cable dump in November 2010.
> unlawful interference in [WikiLeaks'] journalistic activities.
From - http://wikileaks.org/cablegate.html
> Wikileaks began on Sunday November 28th 2010 publishing 251,287 leaked United States embassy cables...
Indiscriminately releasing dumps of secret US embassy cables in no way can be classified as journalistic activities.
If on the other hand WikiLeaks only released a specific few cables that in some way showed a real crime taking place, that would be another story.
But what they did had only one purpose - promote WikiLeaks, embarrass the US, attempt to hurt the US, give ammunition to non-US players.
While what WikiLeaks did is not a crime (since they did not facilitate the theft of those cables, and Julian is not a US citizen), what they did cannot be classified as journalistic activities.
The notion that they did this to expose the fact that US has self-interests first and foremost is absurd. Every nation is like that, except for the one or two that are committing suicide.