Wikileaks + US diplomacy = biggest "diplomatic" storm ever incoming !

[NJ5]

kowenicki said:

NJ5 said:

kowenicki said:

And if anyone thinks these leaks are better for democracy or freedom then they are naive in the extreme. 

The exact opposite is true.

Explain how these leaks will harm democracy and freedom.

You can bet there will be less sharing of information between nation states and more and more layers of secrecy will be put in place to prevent leaks.

This guy is a dick.

Point 1) how will that hurt democracy and freedom? I consider it a good thing if countries share less information. For example, I definitely don't want European governments sharing personal banking data with the US, as was being proposed a while ago. (for "counter-terrorism" purposes. the US is going crazy with counter-terrorism, see the ongoing TSA crap)

Point 2) So you're saying that either there are no leaks or if there are (as is now happening), there won't be any more leaks due to layers of secrecy? So in what way do these leaks harm anything if the consequence is exactly the same?