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Af-Pak Wiki-Leaks 0

It was pretty clear things weren’t going well.

It was not clear that they were going this badly.

And, no, “potentially embarrassing” is not sufficient reason for hiding official actions from public view, at least not and maintain any level of democracy.

Yet that, natch, is why governments dislike leaks and, in particular, are gunning for Wiki-Leaks–it’s not the potential for the dangerous; it’s the potential for the embarrassing.

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