It is one thing to advocate for transparency and try to implement better protections for whistleblowers, it is entirely different to willfully break the law, and carelessly, and then expect for the law to not apply to you. Assange is not innocent here and neither is Chelsea. They should accept some responsibility. We can't let people follow their lead without fixing the underlying problems with our government, otherwise their actions are equally as dangerous and put many other lives at risk.
Allegedly broke the law. I'm still waiting to see greater details of the evidence showing assange coordinated with Manning to get unauthorized access to a computer. It could be a bunch of bologne used as a pretense to extradite him.
Chelsea has already served her sentence for her crimes.
She is currently incarcerated for refusal to retestify in a sealed grand jury proceeding against Assange.