Washington Post Top Online Stories: Tue 11/30/10

The Washington Post lead headline online early Tuesday morning says "WikiLeaks founder could be charged under Espionage Act." The paper says in the most read story Federal authorities are investigating whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange violated criminal laws in the group's release of government documents, including possible charges under the Espionage Act, sources familiar with the inquiry said Monday.

The paper says this time, the New York Times didn't get the goods from WikiLeaks. Instead, on Sunday, the newspaper began reporting a bombshell - the contents of thousands of private State Department cables - as a result of a leak of a leak.

It says a cable sent from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad before Iraq's parliamentary elections shows that American diplomats warning against exactly the kind of coalition that is trying to form the next Iraqi government after more than eight months of bitter negotiations.

The paper says in an op-ed say what you want about WikiLeaks - and I don't much like what it has done - it nevertheless would be useful for its founder, Julian Assange, to follow George W. Bush as he lopes around the country, promoting his new book, "Decision Points."

It says when President Obama sits down with the new Republican congressional leaders for their first face-to-face meeting on Tuesday, the stated mission will be to make progress on ratifying an arms agreement with Russia and reaching a deal on soon-to-expire tax cuts.