I am not seeing how it is a stretch. They (wikileaks) is preaching about the transparency of all information, but only if you go through them, giving them first dibs for publicity, filtering, use of the info and so on.
20 whole thousand dollars!!! Damn, here I was thinking they were cheap and not willing to help anyone unless you went through them.
"Most large law firms in the United States bill between $200 and $1,000 per hour for their lawyers' time"
So for a case of this high profile, that should get him, oh, say about one day of a good lawyer. Hell, Rangel spent millions, and he didn't even go to trial.
This is like saying I gave a homeless guy a penny yesterday, now I am a hero!!!!!!!!