Good - bad - indifferent - dangerous - we have a right to know?
What's your opinion?
I personally have a bet each way on good and but, but think they're treading on dangerous ground.
Their latest caper:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/wikileaks-set-to-release-250000-documents/story-e6frf7lf-1225962494119SPYING by the US on UN officials and sustained calls of Arab leaders to launch an attack on Iran are among the main revelations in the latest Wikileaks document release.
The US State Department has a damage limitation exercise underway after the release of some 250,000 cables which reveal secret diplomatic backroom plans and frank assessments of world leaders.
One of the most damaging is a directive issued in Hillary Clinton’s name to US diplomats, ordering forensic details collected on top UN officials, including the secretary-general, Ban Ki-Moon, seeking their passwords and other means of access to their private communications networks.
Another cable quotes a source as saying China’s top political leaders ordered the hacking attacks on Google’s network there, and that it was carried out by government IT experts along with what the New York Times calls "internet outlaws" who have been attacking the online systems of companies from America and other countries since 2002.
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The documents also contain an allegation of "inappropriate behaviour" by a member of the British royal family.
Australia has not featured in the documents released so far, although Mrs Clinton raised the leak with Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd in a phone call last week.
Tensions with Iran are likely to run high this week, with the cables revealing leaders of other countries in the Middle East urging the US to launch an airstrike to debilitate the rogue nation’s nuclear program.
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah repeatedly calls in one cable for the US to "cut the head off the snake" and stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
As was the case with two previous major document releases by Wikileaks, the website provided advance access to a number of media organisations including The New York Times and Britain’s Guardian newspaper ahead of their release, officially scheduled for 8.30am AEDT.
The New York Times reports that the "anticipated disclosure of the cables is already sending shudders through the diplomatic establishment, and could conceivably strain relations with some countries, influencing international affairs in ways that are impossible to predict".
The White House has condemned Wikileaks’ decision to release the files, calling it "dangerous and reckless action".
"By releasing stolen and classified documents, WikiLeaks has put at risk not only the cause of human rights but also the lives and work of these individuals," the White House said.
