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WikiLeaks: the price of sharing data
The International Institute for Strategic Studies comments on the price of sharing data.
Two important issues have been raised by the recent publication of secret American diplomatic cables.
The first – which affects all countries – is the difficulty in deciding whether and how, in the interests of security, to share secret information among government departments. The disclosures are the price of a deliberate policy by the United States to share information more widely among its officials following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks.
The second, for Washington, is the need to restore trust in its diplomacy. The signs are that it is making progress with this.
