The diplomatic world is reeling from the more than 250,000 confidential State Department documents released by Wikileaks, which has exposed the inter-workings of U.S. diplomacy.
The embarrassing leaks of sensitive State Department documents is especially harmful to the United States, as nation's around the world will be reluctant to share information or be candid with the U.S. for fear that they would become public.
Many of the documents go into detail as to the major national security issues faced by the U.S.; an example are the documents that share insight on the deep concern many Arab leaders have over Iran's nuclear program. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, wanted the United States to take quick military action to end Iran's enrichment program.
The leaks also goes into surprisingly great detail regarding U.S. assessments of many of the world's leaders, details on their personality quirks.
The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange relieved his treasure trove of information from U.S. army soldier Bradley Manning who downloaded the information while stationed in Baghdad.
You would think the U.S. would have had better oversight of its classified material.
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