1. I don't believe the sex charges are relevant at all to the discussion of the legality of Wikileaks, even if they are true.

2. I feel as though the government/public backlash is misplaced. Assange only provided a forum. He didn't steal the information. If anything the US government should be blaming itself that the information was released. The government classifies way too many files and at the same time gives way too many people clearance to view these files. And apparently, until all that sensitive information was leaked, the government also made it entirely too easy to copy/transfer these classified documents. I'd rather Wikileaks reveal the security flaws by releasing classified information now than spies secretly exploiting the classified information for years.

3. From what I know I don't believe that Wikileaks has broken any US laws (freedom of the press) but whether Wikileaks has done anything morally wrong is ambiguous. I generally favor Wikileaks but I can see the other side of the argument.