[bsamuels]

I don't get what's shocking about this.

If you have a consistent history of publishing a foreign government's state secrets that damage its national security, they're gonna spy on you.

And before the nitpickers jump in on me, I believe whether or not Assange actually damaged US national security by publishing leaks is a decision best left to people who actually work in national security rather than armchair bystanders like myself.

[Fnoord]

> is a decision best left to people who actually work in national security

That's like the butcher who's approving their own meat though. Yet, if they share such assessment with general public, the enemy hears it as well. A good middle ground is a commission who are bound to STFU about details but may assess the situation.

[raxxorrax]

It would be wise to hold your government accountable in a democracy or you are bound to loose it. Assange released information that the evidence that started a significant war was falsified. There have been no consequences to that.

It certainly damages your national security if other countries get information about unjustly interventions by your government. So whose fault could that be?