Certainly it is less broad than the NSA dragnet. However, WikiLeaks is a journalism organisation, and investigating such an organisation to suppress its free s

Certainly it is less broad than the NSA dragnet. However, WikiLeaks is a journalism organisation, and investigating such an organisation to suppress its free speech is objectionable. To cite article 19, clause 2 of the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, "everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice". If the government is trying to shut down WikiLeaks for the purpose of avoiding embarrassment, and this is part of an effort to harass those involved in the organisation, then that is objectionable.