Wikileaks documents aren't enough to get a conviction, and probably aren't enough to get a warrant or begin a formal investigation. So if these are true, I don'

Wikileaks documents aren't enough to get a conviction, and probably aren't enough to get a warrant or begin a formal investigation. So if these are true, I don't see how they're a backdoor around the 4th amendment. Also, government officials are held to a higher standard than private citizens. So if Wikileaks reveals something nasty about your senator, he might get investigated where another citizen might not.