The Chinese government is often lectured for being secretive, of suppressing dissent . So are governments in several other parts of the world - Burma and Iran to name a few. Apparently, this same standard should not be applied to diplomatic missives - or so the US government would have you believe. Disclosing what goes on behind the diplomatic curtain is a crime !
USA government now wants to file a criminal case against Wikileaks founder. Paypal has stopped accepting payments to support the site, and google has stopped offering the site which it hosts. Both these service providers disclaim any pressure from the government. How believable is that?
Eventually, what matters is that ALL countries look after their own interest (and that usually means the interest of the government in power). So take the justification for the action against wikileaks - the assertion that this puts people at risk - for what it is - protestations of a government caught lying.
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