by Zack Beauchamp
Revolutions, devour, children, summat:
WikiLeaks on Thursday confirmed reports that it has lost control of a cache of U.S. diplomatic cables that it has been publishing in recent months, saying a security breach has led to the public disclosure of hundreds of thousands of the unredacted documents…The fracas has put WikiLeaks in the position of decrying what it called the "reckless" and "negligent" disclosure of information—something WikiLeaks' critics have long accused it of doing itself.
Der Spiegel breaks down the hows and whys of the situation. Unfortunately, this isn't just fun and games – as the WSJ write-up notes, some of the unredacted cables explicitly name confidential informants, who are now seriously at risk. But the irony here is still worth noting.
The Dish 