<p>Western governments are increasingly calling for Assange to be stopped as WikiLeaks continues to publish more than 250,000 confidential US diplomatic documents, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.<br /><br />When asked what Australian laws have been broken by either WikiLeaks or Assange, Gillard said the Australian federal police were investigating.<br /><br />"The foundation stone of it is an illegal act," Gillard told reporters Tuesday.<br /><br />But the "foundation stone" was the leaking of the documents to the website, not the publishing of the cables, the report said.<br /><br />"It would not happen, information would not be on WikiLeaks, if there had not been an illegal act undertaken," Gillard said.<br /><br />It is widely assumed the man responsible for the leaks is a US soldier who is already in prison for previous leaks.<br /><br />Attorney-General Robert McClelland said Monday that he believed the release of the cables could threaten the lives of people providing information to intelligence and law enforcement officials.<br /><br />The federal police were not only looking at whether any Australian law had been breached by Assange, but would help US law enforcement authorities in their investigations, he said.</p>
<p>Western governments are increasingly calling for Assange to be stopped as WikiLeaks continues to publish more than 250,000 confidential US diplomatic documents, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.<br /><br />When asked what Australian laws have been broken by either WikiLeaks or Assange, Gillard said the Australian federal police were investigating.<br /><br />"The foundation stone of it is an illegal act," Gillard told reporters Tuesday.<br /><br />But the "foundation stone" was the leaking of the documents to the website, not the publishing of the cables, the report said.<br /><br />"It would not happen, information would not be on WikiLeaks, if there had not been an illegal act undertaken," Gillard said.<br /><br />It is widely assumed the man responsible for the leaks is a US soldier who is already in prison for previous leaks.<br /><br />Attorney-General Robert McClelland said Monday that he believed the release of the cables could threaten the lives of people providing information to intelligence and law enforcement officials.<br /><br />The federal police were not only looking at whether any Australian law had been breached by Assange, but would help US law enforcement authorities in their investigations, he said.</p>