There isn’t a slippery slope argument here anymore than there was in the tabloid hacking scandal. Wikileaks exploited individuals like Manning and pushed them

There isn’t a slippery slope argument here anymore than there was in the tabloid hacking scandal. Wikileaks exploited individuals like Manning and pushed them to commit crimes. Journalists can’t go and groom vulnerable individuals with access to information using the same tactics that intelligence agencies use and then claim they are protecting their sources. There is no precedence to be set here.