Geneva Conventions, Islamist Thugs and Wikileaks

Great article at American Thinker.

"Nations fighting terrorism are subject to the Geneva Conventions, while the terrorist groups are not. Additional articles and protocols are absolutely necessary to cover terrorist acts and military action, as well as the individuals and nations that fund, supply, and protect terror organizations within their own borders and elsewhere. The same ought to be true for cyber-crimes, such as the unrestricted disclosure of military classified material on the internet.

WikiLeaks describes itself as "a multi-jurisdictional public service designed to protect whistleblowers, journalists and activists who have sensitive materials to communicate to the public." By "sensitive materials," WikiLeaks means secret, classified, proprietary material not intended for public consumption. WikiLeaks further appointed itself as adjudicator of "transparency in government activities," which it believes "leads to reduced corruption, better government and stronger democracies." WikiLeaks further states that "We believe this scrutiny requires information" and "with technological advances the internet, and cryptography -- the risks of conveying important information can be lowered."

Would WikiLeaks, as well as those dutiful contributing whistle-blowers, journalists, and activists who approve it, countenance the release of their own medical and psychiatric histories, their financial information, and so forth? Or would they prefer the protection of the laws for their privacy? Given that posting classified information breaks laws practically everywhere, the rest of us theoretically need that "sensitive" information about WikiLeaks in order to decide for ourselves who is actually providing a valuable and "multi-jurisdictional public service." How does WikiLeaks' biased agenda makes it morally superior to the governments and agencies whose secret materials it exposes?"

Remarks in the comments also bring up the issue of the lack of leadership in the White House about this. RTWT