Why no wrath aimed at whoever submitted the information to wikileaks? Just because they are faceless? Why should you not expect them to redact and filter information?
Because they're already being dealt with.
What country is Wikileaks based in?
"Most of them".
Decentralization is a beautiful thing. To take out wikileaks, we'd need to hit a lot of countries. And they'd be back up and running within days from off-site backups.
This is one of those moments where I empathize with all the near-suicidal idiots who wished Avatar's Pandora was real. In my fantasy, our invincible black ops types make WikiLeaks papers and servers go poof, then treat Assange to a life-changing blanket party before he's tried, convicted and executed by the World Court.
Yea, unfortunately, they're not stupid. Their servers are decentralized to the point where bombing is impractical. They also back up their files to offsite locations, which means you can roll out more servers in a few hours.
Also, the US now has a vested interest in keeping Mr. Assange alive. He thought he was being clever and published an encrypted file allegedly containing a very large number of highly classified and dangerous documents. "Substantial harm" would be an understatement. The theory is that if he dies, the key gets released. Everyone already has the files, just no one (hopefully) can read them yet.
Problem is, plenty of countries want to harm the US and would happily take out Mr. Assange to do so. Other problem is, if he releases the documents, he is a dead man walking.