Are we so witless and gutless that we will no longer take out our enemies? Who is this WikiLeak's people and why are they still breating? Why do they have an office, and not a smoking hole? Is no one willing to admit the value and danger of information in this supposed "Information Age?" Why ae we tolerating those "who give aid and confort to our enemies in time of war?"

As for the NY Times, I thought the publication of the Pentegon Papers was sufficient to shut them down - at least that long ago. Treason is still illegal, isn't it? Just because the "bad actor" is a corporation, that should not change the basic fact of the crime. It merely disperses responsibility and thus enlarges the number of arrests to be made.

Also, now that I already posted, don't we have some cybergeeks in the NSA or DIA or some such agency who can toast those people's stuff? We must have some capable hackers somewhere. A cyber version of a SEAL Team visit would at least eliminate whatever data they have stolen. Perhaps our people are keeping busy trying to find and plug the leaks they are using and no one has thought to regain security by dumping their data for them before it can be disseminated.

Perhaps the real reason is the Administration does not mind the distraction. Distraction does seem to be one of their stategies for dealing with us peons.

"Those whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. We may live to find out whether it's true."

We are finding out. And it is true.

Who is left to point the apt finger at treason in a country that has murdered 50 million of it's innocent unborn. No one.

Betrayal? Of What?

@ Jimmy D - I second your comment, we have indeed lost our bearings and madness does seem to be afoot in the land under the guise of 'freedom' of choice! Rather, it is viewed as 'Freedom' to do whatever we want, as the article states, without regard to the consequence to ourselves and others. God forgive and help us!

Once upon a time Americans who leaked this sort of information would have been tried for treason. Why isn't that done any more? The world's gone crazy!

Nothing is done because Julian Assange is one of us. He has yet to be indicted for anything. Almost as if the government wanted the data dump. Strange is it not?

Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez and the nitwits of North Korea have something in common with Darth Sidious, er George Soros and Osama, they are all cheering Julian Assange. Why is the silence in D.C. so deafening? Could the lefties in the White House be snickering behind closed doors? A friend went through the wikileaks site and noticed something very interesting. There is a specific lack of Clinton era documents that have been leaked. What's up with THAT and why hasn't THAT been reported yet?

The first set of leaks confirmed that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction - vindicating President Bush. This next set provides justification for the sale of all those fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. On the DR Show today the guests were all talking about military options for the US to take out Iran's nukes. Since the Arabs in the region hate Iran, I suggest that THEY handle this themselves. Our troops have bleed enough for the King.

The quote is: Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make proud. Not "mad". Even more applicable. Personally, I think it is despicable to blast these privileged communications all over the internet. Whether or not you think honesty is the best policy, these were sent confidentially with the expectation of remaining private forever. It's a little like whispering, "Boy is Grandma's butt huge" at a family reunion and then seeing it on the evening news later that night. How necessary what that really?

The very few Wikileaks I've read, so far, feature the "Great Lady" Klington having a pyrrhic moment on the altar she's built to worship herself. There are things one might like to say about someone that are best left unwritten, especially in an electronic medium that is so easily tapped.

Wellsprings of knowledge should ne'er be left to become gushing Geysers of ignorance and malice.

If Wikileaks really wants to leak something important, let's start with Obama's college records, health records, and his real birth certificate. Then we can have the impostor removed from office immediately.

The only thing the NY Times is concerned about is selling newspapers.

Espionage, for the most part, involves

finding a person who knows something or

has something that you can induce them

secretly to give to you. That almost

always involves a betrayal of trust.

---Aldrich Ames