Significant changes to the nature of diplomacy: Wikileaks

The age of the internet has heralded in a fragile element to the process of diplomacy. The creator of Wilkileaks Julian Assange (in the photo above)  agency for releases of sensitive documents which is getting the headlines and feeding the juiciest of journalistic morsels to the world press. This has recently been at the expense of the US administration of President Obama.

This is a factor in the development of Diplomacy which is acutely sensitive. One can be sure that character assassinations in print are quite normal in diplomatic circles but what is new is the escaping of this information in a flawed system. Some of us have experienced identity theft but this is not a clear case of identity theft except for those wanting to perpetuate the mystique that goes with diplomacy. Diplomacy needs to react quickly to events and there are lots of snippets of information flying around on personnel especially on matters of finesse in judging moods and characters and in assessing and analysing how a leader will react to a piece of news or policy.

After all I have experienced identity theft myself. In this instance the establishment itself is being 'stolen' with the aid of mischievous elements or weak secuirty. It is unfortunate when the subversive elements get hold of it to aid the pricking of the pomposity of all the delicate levels of diplomacy. In this instance we are reading information that relates to America's allies, puppets and enemies. I would love to hear what is being  done  to  woodfill the cracks emerging in the diplomatic grain.

WikiLeaks was founded in 2006. Assange sits on  an advisory board,and is a prominent and unpaid media spokesman on its behalf. Assange says that Wikileaks has released more classified documents than the rest of the world press combined: "That's not something I say as a way of saying how successful we are – rather, that shows you the parlous state of the rest of the media. How is it that a team of five people has managed to release to the public more suppressed information, at that level, than the rest of the world press combined? It's disgraceful."  ⁽"The secret life of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 May 2010. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/the-secret-life-of-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-20100521-w1um.html..