Because some of the people that government represents actually do like them. While Assange seems a little bit crazy to me, I can't say that I've seen something

Because some of the people that government represents actually do like them. While Assange seems a little bit crazy to me, I can't say that I've seen something that Wikileaks has leaked that I think should have been kept secret. (Of course, I haven't read everything they've released.) I'd rather that the government be guided by laws than who "they don't like."