 In spring of 2019, WikiLeaks players Assange and Manning resurfaced in the news - with Assange being arrested and carried out from the Ecuadorian embassy in London and Manning twice subpoenaed to testify.Weeks later, Assange was indicted on 18 charges under the 1917 wartime Espionage Act.Ellsberg has spoken out vociferously against the threats to press freedom from such whistleblower prosecution.