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There is no crime in what Wikileaks did.
Also, if you're working for a company they may ask you to sign a non-disclosure agreement. However, if you find any information about criminal activity it's ok for you to break that contract, in fact, you could even face charges if you don't.
What Manning did was exactly that. He witnesses a war crime and he wanted to make it public. He used his access to find out more about it and other crimes. He probably wanted the responsible for these crimes to be stopped and judged.
Terrorism and spying apply to getting illegal access to information in order to commit crimes, acts of violence or obtain power for yourself or a group. This man should not be in jail, he was denouncing crimes and lies that interest not only the american people, but the entire world.
Laws are being ignored in order to punish and silence these people. Countries and companies are ignoring procedures and depriving people of their rights and assets.
As for being "underground" their goal is not to be "cool" and have a few people read the website regularly. The goal is to get people's attention.
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