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“Assange and his team are merely anarchists who attack the institutions not with bombs but with leaks. The consequences can be just as serious.”

For a long while I was prepared to agree with that, but any real damage done by the leaks seems to date not have been forthcoming.

Perhaps it’s too early to say, but so far their track record of protecting people seems quite solid.

It’s hard to take defence of Wikileaks without sounding like a teenage idealist, but many of the institutions “harmed” by the leaks seems to be in dire need of transparency – a transparency they consistently strive not to acquire.

“These leaks on the 2008 election were quite interesting but they should have been kept under wraps rather than printed for the world to consume.”

And why is that? Isn’t it in all our interest to know these things and to help us shape our minds for the next election? I fail to see anything those leaks contained that has been non-beneficial.

Certain discussions should be kept private.

[Daphne – It is taken as given that ambassadors and their senior staff talk to key people only so as to be able to report the information they obtain. That’s what ambassadors are FOR. It is also taken as given, however, that the reports which ambassadors file are not going to be exposed on the internet, and it is in that context that people speak to ambassadors.]

“How he ever made it to a PN cabinet is beyond me”. Good question, Anthony.

By coincidence, that same question gave Dr. Gonzi more credence to his observation regarding the appointing of competent individuals not necessarily elected by the voters in an election. Otherwise Mugliett may have never made it to Cabinet as minister along with a few others.

There is nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide.

Franco Debono

There is a lot to be said about the integrity of these “gentlemen”, but the mere fact that they decided to criticise the prime minister publicly for matters which are not linked to his leadership but to their own personal gripes proves how right the prime minister was to leave them out.

Jesmond Mugliett, JPO and Arrigo spring to mind but there are others.

Of course, Malta Today doesn’t give two hoots about the integrity of any politician because as long as its stories servel its owners’ grudges, then it’s fine.

Malta Today is devoid of integrity and so doesn’t have any qualms when it comes to the lack of integrity of its interviewees and those it champions.

About this Wikileaks business, I’m all for transparency but up to a point. In my view, Wikileaks is an irresponsible and childish organisation which is happy to prejudice the security of nations or the freedom of communication between diplomatic channels to further its own anarchic aims.

Assange and his team are merely anarchists who attack the institutions not with bombs but with leaks. The consequences can be just as serious.

These leaks on the 2008 election were quite interesting but they should have been kept under wraps rather than printed for the world to consume.

Another one for the skip.

How he ever made it to a PN cabinet is beyond me.

http://www.mlp.org.mt/printer.aspx?cnt=NewsDetails&t=content&ID=STQ12072007D&print=true

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=jesmond+mugliett&view=detail&id=942DB5E6EFBA0DEFB534F605BAF92F287F8E1576&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR