https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190524/00562242271/under-dojs-own-theory-prosecuting-julian-assange-donald-trump-probably-violated-espionage-act.shtml

Yesterday, I wrote about the new, superseding indictment of Julian Assange and noted how the theories behind it were absolutely insane and a blatant attack on the 1st Amendment. The Obama administration went after leakers using the Espionage Act, which already was really terrible (the law itself should be deemed unconstitutional, but to use it against whistleblowers, rather than actual espionage was horrific). Here, the Trump administration has taken it up a notch by trying to use it against a publisher. I've seen a lot of people defending this move by arguing that either (a) Julian Assange is a terrible human being, or (b) that Wikileaks is not a "real" or "legitimate" news organization.

Neither of those things matter. And if you think they should you are missing the point in an incredibly dangerous way.