Tattle Tales......

     The weekend release of documents by Wikileaks reflecting, in some cases, unflattering assessments of world leaders has caused embarrassment to the Obama administration.

     The documents contained raw comments normally muffled by diplomatic politesse: i.e. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah pressing the U.S. to "cut off the head of the snake" by taking action against Iran's nuclear program, for instance.

     Publication of the secret memos and documents on Sunday amplified widespread global alarm about Iran's nuclear ambitions. It also unveiled occasional U.S. pressure tactics aimed at hot spots in Afghanistan, Pakistan and North Korea. The leaks disclosed bluntly candid impressions from both diplomats and other world leaders about America's allies and foes.

     Wikileaks claimed the administration was trying to cover up alleged evidence of serious "human rights abuse and other criminal behavior" by the U.S. government. Wikileaks posted the documents just hours after it claimed its website had been hit by a cyber-attack that made the site inaccessible for much of the day. But extracts of the more than 250,000 documents posted online by news outlets that had been given advance copies of the documents showed deep U.S. concerns about Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs along with fears about regime collapse in Pyongyang.

     Its amazing that a person would even be able to gain access to documents of such sensitive nature and exploit them online without the government first being able to intervene. The person or persons responsible for this need to be brought to justice and dealt with as any other terrorist would be. To compromise and intend to damage foreign relations in such a manner is extremely dangerous. Politicians have always been known to think one thing and say another. History would continue to allow it, for it is how we build ally relations.

     Wikileak has gone too far in exposing a false goal. Human rights abuse and criminal behavior? Free speech and freedom of the press are given rights, but how far do they extend? Should we all be allowed to release information that may endanger another man's life or safety of their person?

     Wikileaks must be held accountable and reprimanded to set a precedent for this behavior.

     Terrorism comes in many forms. This should be treated just like any other act of terrorism. Either we protect our country from any threat to our security or we accept the fact that we have weak leadership and security policy and procedure.