Suppose that US diplomats had discovered that democrats living under a brutal military dictatorship were negotiating with junior officers to stage a coup to restore democracy and the rule of law. I would hope that WikiLeaks would not publish a cable in which diplomats informed their superiors of the plot.
一般人都认为丰富的知识是一件好事，所以据此推测，对美国政府在世界事务中的所思与所行有更多的了解也应该很好。在一个民主国家，政府的表现如何要由公民来评判，如果政府在黑箱中运作，则公民对政府的评判就无法获得足够的依据。即使在非民主国家内，人民也有合法的权利了解政府要采取哪些行动。