Suppose a merchant of stolen cars makes a fine living selling such vehicles. Fancying himself to be a kind of Robin Hood, he pilfers from the rich and sells to the poor. One day, the merchant protests that his purloined cars have themselves been purloined, and screams bloody murder.
This aptly describes the predicament of WikiLeaks, the whistleblower website, after more than 250,000 United States diplomatic cables were let loose on the Internet last week. WikiLeaks has blamed The Guardian, while the latter has dismissed such allegations as baseless. Full story
