While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Harold Hongju Koh, Legal Adviser to the department of state, writes to Jennifer Robinson, attorney to Julian P. Assange, founder of the web site WikiLeaks:

       [T]he materials you intend to publish … without proper authorization, in violation of U.s. law … 

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       would: Place at risk the lives of … soldiers … providing … peace and security;

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       Despite your stated desire to protect those lives, you have done the opposite and endangered the lives of countless individuals.  You have undermined your stated objective by disseminating this material widely, without redaction, and without regard to the security and sanctity of the lives your actions endanger.  We will not engage in a negotiation regarding the further release or dissemination of illegally obtained U.S. Government classified materials. If you are genuinely interested in seeking to stop the damage from your actions, you should: 1) ensure WikiLeaks ceases publishing any and all such materials; 2) ensure WikiLeaks returns any and all classified U.S. Government material in its possession; and 3) remove and destroy all records of this material from WikiLeaks’ databases.

       NOTE: It is not WikiLeaks that unnecessarily endangers lives, but the military-industrial apparatus of the United states that unlawfully sends its armed forces into foreign wars.

[added 4/16/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.