Government Crackdown on free speech?

Once again we see how older generations don't seem to have much of an understanding of the complexities of the internet. Did they really think that shutting down one site was going to stop the creators from keeping it going? What do you guys think about the idea that what wikileaks isn't covered under free speech? I feel that it was illegal for whoever posted the information onto wikileaks to do so, but for wikileaks to spread the information once it came into their hands seems perfectly legal to me. Any thoughts?