My understanding is he obtained unclassified information that he shouldn't have been able to obtain (probably privacy concerns). The prosecution is because the

My understanding is he obtained unclassified information that he shouldn't have been able to obtain (probably privacy concerns). The prosecution is because the government doesn't like to be challenged (see how the US government is suing illegal wiretapping whistleblowers). Also, blogger != journalist, at least legally. Another issue here is that he didn't "play by the rules" - usually you don't talk about suicides in the press because there's a certain social stigma attached to the family, and it's a small country where everyone knows everyone. He published full names of several people who committed suicide, while most regular journalists would leave it at the initials level.