"Michael Pompeo, attacked Wikileaks as a 'hostile intelligence service.' Pompeo accused Assange of being 'a fraud — a coward hiding behind a screen.
Pompeo's word choice was no accident. By accusing Wikileaks of being a 'hostile intelligence service' rather than a publisher of information on illegal and abusive government practices leaked by whistleblowers, he signaled that the organization has no First Amendment rights. Like many in Washington, he does not understand that the First Amendment is a limitation on government rather than a granting of rights to citizens."
The rest of the article is at; http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2017/april/24/candidate-trump-i-love-wikileaks-president-trump-arrest-assange/
Most of the article is directed at the current gutless 'leader' squatting in the Oval Office.
He's a Republican and that's how Republicans and modern Democrats think.
Trump sold us on himself with his campaign. Of course, he's been falling in line with Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I et al.
About all we can say is that we're glad Hillary didn't get it.