Having lived my adult life through the assassination of JFK and subsequent coverup, the Viet Nam war, Pentagon Papers etc., Iran-Contra and what have you, I am all for transparency.

OTOH, we elect leaders to represent us within democratic societies. Many times we are disappointed but the fact remains that we put our trust in those representatives. Part of that trust is allowing them the discretion over what should be made public and what should remain classified.

Human nature assures that our representatives will fall short but we still have to trust them to do the best they can. The uncontrolled leaking of classified information by zealots who do not know or care about the ramifications that come from what they do is not always desirable IMHO.

There is the idealized world and there is the real world. Our national interest may be counter to that of others. With people like Putin, Chavez, Castro, Iran, No Korea we need to think of what is best for us rather than what may be the most ethical path in a storybook world. Wikileaks doesn't take our interests into consideration so it remains IMO a threat to world security.