On Sun, 22 Aug 2010, Michael Perelman wrote:
> The panicky response to the leaks was also useful. The material had
> nothing new, but it posed great dangers. Why worry if nothing was new?
Unfortunately the revelation of informants' names is a perfectly defensible worry. They also worry about the revelation about SOP. Yes, they hate revelation period. But the laziness of Wikileaks gave them sound grounds.
Michael