"Working journalists" know about journalism exactly as "working girls" know about sex. Its a particular kind therof, in both cases, and not the kind most positive for society.

Here’s Assange’s indictment. As I read it, there’s one allegation that could be considered hacking: According to the government, he obtained a password hash from Bradley Manning and failed to crack it. The rest of the indictment accuses Assange of publicly asking for leaks and then publishing ...