and investigations were continued and charges put on hold. the u.s. view of wikileaks and assange began to evolve and change after investigators found what they believe was proof wikileaks played an active role in helping edward snowden the former nsa analyst disclose a massive cache of classified documents and the cia director mike pompeo gave a strong hint of this. >> wikileaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service. it directed chelsea manning in her theft of specific secret information. it overwhelmingly focuses on the united states while seeking support from anti-democratic countries and organizations. >> some strong words there from the cia director. in the meantime, wikileaks continues to defend itself in publishing in the public's