“The documents appear to have been acquired illegally and contain all manner of private information and statements that were never intended for the public eye, so they won’t be posted here.” Andrew Revkin, Environment Editor, New York Times Nov 20, 2009.
Fast forward to today, as Jillian states below, and the New York Times, has published WikiLeaks documents, justifying that the public has the right to know how the government makes its decisions.
How convenient for them....
...the more important reason to publish these articles is that the cables tell the unvarnished story of how the government makes its biggest decisions, the decisions that cost the country most heavily in lives and money.