Compiling the WikiLeaks Fallout

Now that the world has had some time to process the quarter million diplomatic documents published by WikiLeaks on Sunday, the media landscape is rife with reactions, threats, and warnings. Some US lawmakers have complained loudly and at length, saying that "WikiLeaks is putting at risk the lives and the freedom of countless Americans and non-Americans around the world." Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the leak "not just an attack on America's foreign policy interests, it is an attack on the international community." The Guardian points out that it's not the media's job to protect diplomats from embarrassment, and other US officials seem to agree, focusing their wrath instead on the security practices surrounding sensitive information. The Pentagon and other agencies are looking at ways to tighten security, promising increased internal auditing and banning the ability of systems containing classified information to connect to thumb drives or other removable media. Meanwhile, few officials seem to be commenting publicly on the contents of the leak, which are sure to cause diplomatic problems around the globe.

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Re:Democrats loved the Pentagon Papers

[Phoobarnvaz]

Diplomats are not politicians, they are not elected. They are supposed to give uncut views about their foreign circumstances.

For the most part...diplomats are political appointees who got the job because they or a friend of theirs gave the most money to the winner. It has nothing to do with intelligence...being able to construct a sentence in French or the best person for the job...but someone with their hand out after the election who can usually win Senate confirmation.

Re:Had time?

[mug funky]

you're a twat.

the 200,000+ documents aren't released yet! .1% of them are.

i haven't read any, but neither have you. you're just choosing a side and bullying as AC. smells like teen astroturf. or someone with an incredibly weak will who would fight for a cause not worth fighting for.