The Shameful Attacks on Julian Assange

"In a memorandum entitled "Transparency and Open Government" addressed to the heads of Federal departments and agencies and posted on WhiteHouse.gov, President Obama instructed that "Transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their Government is doing." The Administration would be wise to heed his words -- and to remember how badly the vindictive prosecution of Daniel Ellsberg ended for the Nixon Administration."

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/12/the-shameful-attacks-on-julian-assange/67440/