Wikileaks didn't collect any information. They are a publisher. When given accurate information from a reliable source, it is their duty to publish it, however inconvenient it may be to the powers that be.
Your argument means that The New York Times should be charged with a crime for publishing the Pentagon Papers, and the Washington Post should be charged with a crime for publishing Watergate. Daniel Ellsberg should be considered a criminal, not a hero.
Wikileaks didn't collect any information. They are a publisher. When given accurate information from a reliable source, it is their duty to publish it, however inconvenient it may be to the powers that be.
Your argument means that The New York Times should be charged with a crime for publishing the Pentagon Papers, and the Washington Post should be charged with a crime for publishing Watergate. Daniel Ellsberg should be considered a criminal, not a hero.