Since the audio of whistleblower Bradley Manning's statement to the court leaked last week, it's becoming clear how much of a threat the government's "aiding the enemy" charge against Manning threatens all whistleblowers. Famed law professor Yochai Benkler and First Amendment scholar Floyd Abrams wrote an op-ed in the New York Times denouncing the unprecedented charge, and this past weekend, On The Media dedicated its whole program to Manning's trial.

Today, however, the Wall Street Journal's Gordon Crovitz has written a column not only supporting the "aiding the enemy" charge against Bradley Manning, but also dangerously insisting WikiLeaks should be charged under the Espionage Act as well. The column is filled with critical factual errors and deserves a closer look.

Crovitz starts off by listing the reasons Manning allegedly "aided the enemy" by leaking information he wanted the US public to read and debate: