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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).