As Assange Indictment Looms, WikiLeaks Cables Tie Two Treasure Cases Together

As Assange Indictment Looms,WikiLeaks Cables Tie Two Treasure Cases Together: "British lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Friday they are preparing for the possibility that their client will be indicted in they U.S.Jennifer Robinson, an attorney at London's Finers Stephens Innocent, said that Assange is entitled to First Amendment protection as a publisher and that any planned prosecution under the Espionage Act would 'in my view be unconstitutional and puts at risk all media organizations in the U.S.'While Assange and his lawyers prepare to fight extradition from the U.K.--whether to Sweden, where the WikiLeaks leader faced sex charges, or to the U.S.--confidential U.S. State Department cables released by the whistle-blowing website reveal that the federal government took sides in a pair of unrelated litigations in order to further bilateral relations with Spain.Citing cables published by The Guardian--one of five media organizations collaborating with WikiLeaks in its document dump--Tampa Bay Online reports that U.S. diplomats discussed a potentially lucrative shipwreck and a priceless French painting with their Spanish counterparts. The twist: both items are currently tied up in ongoing litigation in federal courts."

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