I'd argue that the American people don't actually have any say over the organizations that keep secrets... they've taken on a life of their own. Evidence? Tha

I'd argue that the American people don't actually have any say over the organizations that keep secrets... they've taken on a life of their own. Evidence? That much of the information revealed about Iraq/Afghanistan was suppressed for propaganda reasons -- the government didn't want the American people to know that the taliban has certain weapons, that the simple good/evil story is complicated by ISI involvement, that the US knowingly handed detainees over to the Iraqi regime for very likely torture, etc. Any voter who supported the pretense of the war would surely want to know the truth about how the war is going before deciding whether to continue supporting it! The propaganda agencies suppressed certain info in order to tell a particular story back home. The truth can work in favor of the war or against it. There were some aspects that worked in favor of it, but in my opinion the reason Wikileaks is a good thing is b/c it helps deprive our leaders of the ability to deceive us.