Ralph Nader - Wikimania and the First Amendment

"Information is the currency of democracy" -Jefferson.

Wikileaks and newspapers like The New Yorks Times, El Pais, Le Monde, and London's Guardian are publishers protected by the First Amendment.

If the Attorney General goes after Wikileaks too broadly using the notorious Espionage Act of 1917 and other vague laws, how is he going to deal with The New York Times and other mass media that reported the disclosures?

Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith, who was head of the Office of Legal Counsel in George W. Bush's Justice Department wrote:

"In Obama's Wars, Bob Woodward, with the obvious assistance of many top Obama administration officials, disclosed many details about top secret programs, code names, documents, meetings, and the like. I have a hard time squaring the anger the government is directing towards Wikileaks with its top officials openly violating classification rules and opportunistically revealing without authorization top secret information."