At the End Journalism a Crime (If It Involves Accessing or Gaining Access to Documents Marked "Confidential" or "Classified" by Those Looking to Hide Their Misconduct/Crimes)
At least in the US, especially where the imperialism is at stake
From justice.gov
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The US State Department is already having a field day with this, falsely asserting (contradicting prior statements) that lives were put at risk. They never named even one concrete example of this.
Assange was not extradited (a win for his family), but regarding "journalism is not a crime", see the document above.
The damage was done. It's up to us or it remains for us to try to undo that damage.