Reply #9: Well, the story about diplomats essentially doing spy work was in

[beachmom]

the very first article I read about Wikileaks. So if one is a reader, then this was not only not buried, but was the most explosive part of the story that I read in my very conventional newspaper. It did not, however, tie Hillary's name to it. Of course, she is HEAD of the State Dept. so of course this is her baby and she is responsible for it.

Look, Al Giordano is right that this is HOW IT IS. I'm just saying it is not necessarily "good". It's like piracy of copyrighted materials. Despite everything, it continues unabated because it's so easy for the stuff to travel through the internet, and there are plenty of people who want free stuff. Some can even say it is "good" because it takes down media corporations. But the "bad" is that creators and writers don't get paid either. Little guys get hurt, too. And, corporations will act even more viciously when cornered aided by their government allies. You think suing grandmothers and single Moms for copyright infringement was ugly? Let's see what happens next.

Troubling times we live in ...