...Wikileaks

It looks like there must have been some law broken by whoever released these documents.

However the indignation engendered by that act so far pales compared to what at a cursory headline glance is revealed by these leaks and what seems when you think that our own government can't stoop any lower -- then there you go, take another look.

The asking of US diplomats to obtain personal information of individuals from other countries 'credit card numbers(?), frequent flyer numbers...'. Weirdly shocking to me, but probably not to most of the world who are hip to the pragmatic realities of security. It seems to me it should be cause for a congressional committee inquiry and diplomats as well as Hilary Clinton and Condoleeza Rice should testify to the American People as to the why and the what and the how of it.

It would be a dream beyond all the practical restraints of our pragmatic world:That our Nations and our Leaders could live with simple honesty.
The USA specifically - what a world it would be if some one in charge had honesty and truth as their foundation. But we don't and that has lead your average person on the street or anywhere to have a very cynical view of mankind's future.

'To a philosopher all news as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea." H.D. Thoreau 'Walden'

I am not much of a philosopher as I spend far too much time looking at the news.

Maybe I don't entirely agree with Henry Thoreau or wonder what he was doing in his jail cell if he didn't partake in some search for the news.

I found the above quote in a piece of shared internet communication and can't verify that it is accurate.