It seems doubtful that wiki leaks would qualify, Assange is still breathing. Also, Assad is practically begging to be assassinated( not saying it should be the US that does it), I don't know why anyone would be sympathetic to someone like him. Still, he doesn't really seemed to be linked to terrorism, and he's not really a threat to anyone outside of Syria, so I doubt he'd qualify either.
The indictment against Bradley Manning states that he is being charged with knowingly giving information to the enemy. Since he gave the cables to Wikileaks, is Wikileaks "the enemy"?
Not really. Releasing secrets to the media counts as giving it to the enemy. Wikileaks was just a middleman, sort of like a hit man or a bag-man -- one can still hold the originator responsible.
I'm not taking a position on this case, only the logic you're using.
When Geraldo Rivera was in Iraq, attached to a combat unit, he went on the air and revealed his unit's future plans and location in far too specific terms. He was immediately expelled from the country on the same grounds -- giving information to the enemy -- even though he just broadcast the information, without any specific recipient in mind. Just like Manning.
No. I was asking what the standards were for being declared an allied force of al-Qa'ida and whether Wikileaks the organization would be considered one by this administration.
