An Anglican priest here says he’s working with the U.S. Embassy to persuade the handful of Jews who still live in Baghdad to leave because their names have appeared in cables published last month by WikiLeaks.
The Rev. Canon Andrew White said he first approached members of the Jewish community about what he felt was the danger they faced after a news story was published last month that made reference to the cables.
“The U.S. Embassy is desperately trying to get them out,” White said. So far, however, only one, a regular confidante of the U.S. Embassy, according to the cables, had expressed interest in emigrating to the United States.
While I am sympathetic to the concerns over excessive government security, WikiLeaks has been nothing but grossly irresponsible and shown no concern for the consequences of their mass information dumps. Is there too much secrecy? Yes. Is state secrecy abused? Definitely. But what they don’t seem to grasp is that there are some things that aught not to be published for good reasons. Sometimes things need to be kept secret for the public good. And these idiots don’t understand that.
Julian apparently fails to appreciate the irony in his tactic of ends justifying means. I’m sure in a different way his victims are also unappreciative of his efforts to save them and us.