Wiki Leaks Goodies.

[Terbinator]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010...plomacy-crisis
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/wo...s.html?_r=1&hp

[jim]

Not sure what the "ethical" basis for these leaks are.

I suspect what will happen now is that a variety of private opinions on world politics will emerge, which countries will interpret as if they were public statements, and then express outrage at the mere suggestion of those comments.

It's interesting from a "What did Fred say about Dave behind his back" perspective, but this is mucking around with world politics. I understand why it's being done, since that's what WikiLeaks is for, but I don't particularly see how it's going to benefit anyone.

[Terbinator]

Well whats annoying is that they've given the basis of some 'events' but then not the details. While i can understand why they haven't named people/countries/organisations and so on surely its just going to cause some mass paranoia.

[aidanjt]

You don't see the point in knowing if your government is acting in good faith, to represent you in the international arena, in parliament, and to work towards your best interests, not their own or their campaign financiers? All these should have been a matter of public record by default.

Here's one example of why wikileaks is needed: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...climate-accord