just two points on washington's complaints about wikileaks:

1. in spite of the freedom of information act, scholars and journalists trying to get access to overclassified material have been stonewalled by the government for years, so it was inevitable that someone would eventually resort to skulduggery.

2. diplomats and decision makers ought to know by now that "diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means." why would anyone send unencrypted strategic cables?

in other words, i agree with kevin rudd.