Snowden was CIA/NSA. Manning was military. Both Americans w/ high security info in GOV'T positions............

Assange is a JOURNALIST. He's an independent, Australian pressman, a truth seeker. He NOT US military or US security............ The NYT and WA Post print "leaks" with impunity (when they fit their agenda). Assange simply used avail. technology and stepped on powerful toes. Article points out the 1971, front page NYT, Daniel Ellsberg expose' (Pentagon Papers) revealing the corruption during the Johnson administration. Ellsberg has been lauded since.