[JoeAltmaier]

Agreed. This crosses the line and becomes a terrorist act in itself.

During WWII it was treason to reveal the activities and movements of troops, operations and shipments of factories and transport critical to the war effort. (And everything was critical to the war effort.)

Any possible sympathy for the good that Wikileaks is doing, has been undone.

[plinkplonk]

During WWII it was treason for a country's citizens to reveal the activities and movements of its troops, operations and shipments of factories and transport critical to its war effort.

How can you commit "treason" to a country you are not a citizen of? (Assange is not a US citizen. ).

Stuff like "becomes a terrorist act in itself" is hyperbolic and has no real meaning. I doubt thinking people would consider Assange a "terrorist", like say, Osama Bin Laden. At worst Assange is anti-US or anti-war. Last I heard that wasn't a crime.

An action against the US occupation of Afghanistan (which is about as far as these WikiLeaks disclosures can be stretched to mean without breaking down completely - and even this interpretation is very debatable) is not necessarily "terrorism". Hyperbole is dangerous to clarity of thinking (on both sides of this issue).

[GiraffeNecktie]

So how do you define a "terrorist act"? Is it any action that is contrary to the interests of the United States or is it just releasing information that terrorists could conceivably find useful? In which case, Google is, by far, the biggest, baddest, terrorist on the planet. Back in the day, a terrorist act involved doing shit that terrorized people.

[JoeAltmaier]

So its not terrifying to be put on a public list of people who, if killed, will damage critical American supply chains?

[GiraffeNecktie]

It's not a list of "people who, if killed".