I don't believe every American should have the rights you speak of, but that's another matter.

I feel that much of the information simply isn't ready for John Q Public to read on the front page of the W.S.J. or N.Y.T. There is a lot of strategy and forethought involved with many of these decisions that John Q just wont be able to understand because he doesn't have the required experience or know what context the comments or decisions were made within.
There has to be a fair middle ground here. Perhaps make similar information available to those who seek it, but disallow the broadest forms of publication, or something like that.

For Now, I appreciate what Julian Assange and his followers are trying to do. Hopefully it will make the government more accountable to itself..something we all know is badly needed. Especially these days when Ethics and Jurisprudence office budgets are being slashed like sled trailer tires on the O.P.
on that note, My Step-mother is Carol Van Noy, who headed up the City of Seattle ethics office until she retired....You wouldn't believe the crap that ISN'T published that is common knowledge inside city hall. Corruption has no boundaries.

For the record, if anyone takes out Julian, Wikileaks will continue. He knows he is vulnerable as the organization's front man, and has support around the world that will continue his work even if he is jailed or killed.