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by Fixnum 4922 days ago
A number of relevant disclosures are listed at http://www.salon.com/2010/12/24/wikileaks_23/ .

I don't know how one could argue that, e.g., releasing cables showing the Afghanistan war is "unwinnable" (a la Daniel Ellsberg), showing the deep hypocrisy and corruption of many governments (e.g., the Saudi rulership), and the bullying of all sorts of governments into falling in line with American military and economic interests isn't a "good".

If there haven't been any visible policy changes by the US government, then perhaps it's because such a change is not easily to connect directly to Wikileaks. Of course, it could be that Robert Gates is correct in saying claiming that consequences for US foreign policy (from the leaked diplomatic cables) have been "modest". If true, that is unfortunate, but surely not the fault of Wikileaks?