re: #4 ozbloke

We could add that if Manning had not have given wikileaks the info it would have not been published.
And id the US Govt. did not allow Manning to download 250,000 cables it would not have been published.

I agree with this argument; I’m not sure why Wikileaks is the singularly evil link in the chain, which is the impression one would get from the article by James Richardson. This Guardian followup is, I suppose, a way of acknowledging their partial responsibility in the event.