There's a fair level of agreement that not much that's truly new was revealed about the war efforts in the 92,000 documents leaked to the world via Wikileaks. The main concern (beyond the usual political theatrics) is that much is revealed about the approach we take putting Intelligence and Policy-making Decisions together; and that means that other countries' intel communities will get a leg up on us. There's also an argument that says even those countries we consider friends will regard us with greater suspicion because we allowed the leaks without retribution against the leakers and so we're less trustworthy than we were before blah blah blah.
One - were we ever really all that trustworthy? And did any country (friend or not) ever place any great trust in us to begin with? This one just tries to perpetuate the myth of "America: The World's Goodguy".
Two - if government is supposed to operate more like a business, then this is actually a great opportunity for improvement. If you think you're losing the confidence of your customers because of the way you've been conducting your business, then the smart thing to do is to consider making some changes in the way you conduct business.
Just sayin'.
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