Wikileaks

Everyone loved Wikileaks when they were releasing information about the "illegal" Iraq War and the evil, nasty, republican George W Bush. If Edward Snowden leaked his information during the Bush years he would be viewed by the left as not just a hero, but a God. Obama would push for an immediate pardon and perhaps make him chief of the NSA. Hillary Clinton would embrace him, call him a hero to the people and perhaps the lord and savior of the country.

Does it go both ways? Of course it does. Republicans right now are praising Wikileaks because it's current target is Hillary. In 2007 republicans were screaming that Wikileaks was guilty or war crimes and that Assange should be executed. So it goes both ways but only republicans are called out for their hypocrisy. Democrats get a free pass and the Wikileaks scandal is total proof of that.

When Wikileaks releases information about your opposing side, they are heroic. When they release information about the other side, they are threats to democracy.