@Marie: Wikileaks and third parties --- Believe it or not, I was a "victim" of the Wikileaks myself. Three cables sent to Washington by the US Embassy in Bucharest contained reports on some discussions my humble self had had with American diplomats. No harm done! Two of them were rather routine information. The third one actually put me in a good posture, because I used good arguments in favour of a colleague diplomat, which I recommended for the position as a Special Representative of the Secretary General to Iraq. Everybody could see that candidates had not been selected by their skills and experience, but on other considerations (cronyism, among others). "My" candidate was not appointed, and the one chosen failed in his mission.

But, to be honest, people unfairly judge the impact of Wikileaks on American interests only, without caring about the interest of the third parties or individual.

Yet, "9/11" as a metaphor is a gross exaggeration. To some extent Wikileaks showed that "the emperor is naked". No big spies or informants fell.

Source author: Petru Dumitriu PetruD@diplomacy.edu