The Wikileaks collection

[selil]

I ask you exactly the same question about Assange and WikiLeaks? Any more than for instance the NYT?

As far as illegal is concerned lest just start with that horrible Clinton womans cable instructing all diplomatic staff to spy on UN staff and others.

If the US would deal swiftly with that then maybe they would regain some credibility... and given the history of US extra legal activities it is fair to say that on the balance of probabilities we have the makings of another Watergate brewing within the Obama administration.

You are mixing your cases. I said what has the United States done to Assange, as alleged earlier. You toss out one of the cables as an example. That is a non sequitur. You also toss out comparisons with Wikileaks and NYT.

The allegation by you was in response to this:

What I think the world will not forget or forgive is the vicious, petty and dangerously chilling attack on Wikileaks and Assange, since if they can successfully do it to them and get away with it, they can do it to anyone in future. It is also likely to spawn a cyber war.

To which you stated:

Good post, mate.

IMHO the US has made the serious mistake of not simply following the legal path where they are able and not getting up to all the illegal stuff.

The question remains, what specifically, has the United States done in the Wikileaks/Assange debacle that was illegal?