For shame.

The "whistle blower" blower website WikiLeaks released a fresh batch of stolen diplomatic papers today. Some of the papers show revelations that are more than just potentially embarrassing about views on the United States' allies, as they also include developments among foes of the U.S. and competitive nations. The details were released from a crop of 250,000 cables that were illegally taken from the State Department's records and include discussions on the United States being unable to stop the selling of Syrian arms to the known terrorist group Hezbollah, and the hacking of American computers by the Chinese government. Other communications passed on to several newspapers by the website also reveal talk about individual leaders.

Rather humorously, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was noted to be "accompanied everywhere by a 'voluptuous blonde' Ukrainian nurse." The Guardian also noted that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was referred to as an "alpha-dog" (though I hardly think that's uncalled for when referring to the pseudo-dictator). The Afghan President Hamid Karzai is "driven by paranoia" (surprise, surprise), and German Chancellor Angela Merkel is one who "avoids risk and is rarely creative."

More importantly, the cables suggest that the United States had planned on using its network of embassies in global espionage. The material shows secretaries of State Clinton and Rice telling officials to collect personal details of political leaders such as iris scans, DNA samples, and vehicle descriptions. Listen. I'm all for freedom of the press and all those shenanigans, but this is absurd. Obama has said that he supports an open and transparent government, but there's a reason certain documents are confidential. This isn't freedom of information, this is anarchy. And quite frankly, if that founder of WikiLeaks turns up dead some day, don't expect anyone to be surprised.