Ex-State Department spokesman compares WikiLeaks to New York Times

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Source: Raw Story
By David Edwards

The former Obama administration official who criticized the military's treatment of Bradley Manning is now casting doubt on the potential that WikiLeaks will be prosecuted.

Former U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told Salon's Justin Elliot that prosecution would be difficult because "it is hard to distinguish what WikiLeaks did from what the New York Times did."

The comparison may not sit well with Times editor Bill Keller, who has published an unflattering profile of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Leaks and statements from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have indicated that WikiLeaks may have become the target of an investigation after they began to release secret U.S. State Department cables last year.

Read more at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/04/ex-state-department-spokesman-compares-wikileaks-to-new-york-times/