For or Against Wikileaks

Many politicians feared Wikileaks.

They thought that whatever they had said in confidence was safe in the hand of the hearers and the respective government agencies.

They thought that their embarrassing remarks about some persons or countries would remain hidden in some dark corner until the exposure by Wikileaks.

This brings us to an interesting question:  who should we blame?

Should we blame the founder and employees of Wikileaks?  Should we blame the persons who transfer the secured documents in the hands of the Wikileaks? Should we blame the politicians for talking too much and telling too many lies?

In the first place, if the politicians had worked toward the betterment of mankind, and kept their mouth shut about the affairs of other countries, there would not have so many things to leak out.

The leakage of confidential information through Wikileaks probably would not hurt international relationship.

Another factor is in the storage of confidential papers.  If the information is too confidential, it probably should not even be stored in the computer.

Everything stored online has the potential of leaking out.  Even if the information is stored in paper, there should only be a set or two sets at most.  This will ensure the confidentiality of the document.

The governments in the world should think seriously about the internet security and processes.  If Wikileaks can find a way to publish these confidential information, that means a thousand other resourceful persons can get hold of the same documents as well.  The only question is what they are doing to it?

Not everyone shares the same thoughts as the founder of Wikileaks. Some people may keep the secret papers in order to sell the information to interested parties.

Will Wikileaks disappear for good?  The website Wikileaks may disappear for good.  However, there is no guarantee that other people will not start a similar website.

The fact is that it is not hard to steal information from the US government, as proven by Wikileaks.

If it is easy to steal information from the US government, it is not hard to steal confidential papers from other governments and reveal to the world at large.

The most important thing is that secrets must not see their ways into print.  If printed copies of conversation are not kept, and nobody hears them beside the parties involved, there is simply no way the content of the secret conversation leaks into the cyberspace.

I think Wikileaks serves as a warning to all nations.  It is time to reveal processes and procedures for storage of secrets.  It is also time to stop talking so much about the affairs of other neighboring countries.