What purpose is served in releasing the fact that Hilary Clinton worries about the mental health of other world leaders? How does that aid in our international relations?
Who is "our"? The USA? I think the people living in the countries with potentially unstable leaders would absolutely want to know if high-level world leaders think their local president/general/despot is nutters. They probably are not getting that information from the local propaganda/media.
That's just one of 1000's of items that were released that are not crimes, are not important for the American people to know, and still undermine our government's ability to operate on the world stage.
You're making the same mistake alot of people are that I've talked to about this. Wikileaks is not American. They operate on a worldwide scale. There are plenty of people worldwide who do want to know what is going on in the US and other governments.
Releasing those kinds of documents doesn't serve a greater good. It doesnt expose any wrong-doings. It doesn't help create stability, ensure -anyone's- safety, or promote any kind of cooperation between nations. It was released to embarrass the US government and garner sensationlistic attention from a little weasle.
Which documents are you referring to? Again, I've heard this complaint alot, but no one can point to which documents should not have been released. Even if some documents are mundane garbage, the whole philosophy of Wikileaks is that they do not make these sort of judgments as to what to release and what not to release. If someone leaks data to them, they release it in way that will get the most publicity. That's the deal, and that's why informants leak this data, because they can be sure whatever is sent to Wikileaks will get out.
Not to mention that this guy released the names of confidential informants in the middle east. In doing so he signed the death warrants of those people. What greater purpose was served by releasing their names? What good will come of that? What crime did they commit? What evil are they responsible for? Where are your indignant tears for them and their families who will almost assuredly be slaughtered?
Who are these people? What names? Again, these claims are commonly made without sourcing who specifically is being talked about. As to what crimes they committed, I can't speak to that without knowing who they are. As far as general policy, Wikileaks has on numerous occasions contacted the US government to try and get help with removing actually sensitive data, such as names and locations. The US government knew that Wikileaks was going to release these documents, and decided not to point out which names were sensitive. Why aren't you blaming them?