US embassy cables: The job of the media is not to protect power from embarrassment
It is for governments – not journalists – to guard public secrets, and there is no national jeopardy in WikiLeaks' revelations Is it justified? Should a newspaper disclose virtually all a nation's secret diplomatic communication, illegally downloaded by one of its citizens? The reporting in tomorrow's Guardian of the first of a selection of 250,000 US state department cables marks a recasting of modern diplomacy. Clearly, there is no longer such a ... Full Story »
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Jeenkins compares US policies in the Middle East to the Titanic after it hit the iceberg and was en route to the bottom of the sea. On the other hand, he says we all can be grateful for the chance to see the disaster unfolding, before it is too late. I agree with him completely on this score.