DOJ claims to rely on the legal principle that if a publisher encourages the leaker to bring the publisher classified information, then the publisher is in a conspiracy with the leaker to violate national security laws.
This is the approach taken with Julian Assange, his charges IIRC claim that he encouraged Bradley Manning to go get more secret info and bring it to him, and that is what they are trying to nail him on, not merely publishing secret information.
This may be what they are going for with the Putinista ‘Donbass Devushka.’
Obviously, MSM reporters also encourage their Intel Community sources to bring them secret information that they can publish to further their political agenda.
But we have two standards of justice in this country, depending on whether or not a person is allied with the coalition of tribes that hold power in the US.
If only Glenn Greenwald hadn’t already explained their hypocrisy on this matter pertaining to leaks they do and don’t like.