Wikileaks

Eventually, politics would have to come out. I've been thinking about the Wikileaks phenomenon a bit over the last couple of days, and had a rather vague feeling that we were dealing with something new here, the equivalent of stateless spies, much like Al Quada are stateless terrorists.  This article crystallized those thoughts for me.  Jay Tea is one of those bloggers who seems to be able to put things into words well.

What we are seeing with WikiLeaks is very akin to what we are seeing with militant Islam and the War On Terror: a non-state entity taking on some of the powers and influence previously accorded only to nation states. WikiLeaks is acting like the intelligence agency of a nation hostile to (if not at war) with the United States. They, like the terrorists, have declared a modern form of war against us, and are waging it just like the KGB would. They are violating our secrets and publicizing them for their own ideological ends -- which are inimical to our own national security.

As they say, read the rest.