US May be Preparing to Bring Charges Against Assange

This is a slippery slope for the US government. What about other major leaks like the Pentagon Papers, or the Watergate scandal? By the current standards the Obama Administration is using, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, and Daniel Ellsberg should all be in prison. And their reporting, with 'leaked' material, created some of the most pivotal moments in American history that defines the nature of the country itself. And what about the first amendment?