re: #13 ozbloke

Clearly the US Govt see their role as having failed these diplomats.

Dude, you’re comparing a mistake, an omission, a laxity, to a deliberate malfeasance.

Yes, the military should keep tighter control. But that is a passive mistake. Manning stealing the cables, Wikileaks distriubting them, the Guardian publishing them— these are all active bits of malfeasance.

Do you really not get that distinction?