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1st Amendment may not apply as WikiLeaks is fundamentally different

Showing that WikiLeaks is fundamentally different to traditional media organizations might allow the government frame the prosecution of WikiLeaks as being distinct from an attack on the freedom of the press.

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WikiLeaks
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Legal dimensions?
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What laws, if any, may WikiLeaks have broken?
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Publication of classified material may breach the Espionage Act
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Prosecuting WikiLeaks under Espionage Act might be unconstitutional
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1st Amendment protects 3rd parties publishing classified information.
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1st Amendment may not apply as WikiLeaks is fundamentally different
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Media don't have to compensate for government security weaknesses
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Precedent of the Pentagon Papers
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Prosecution of WikiLeaks would face serious First Amendment hurdles
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