The leaks I am speaking about are not
the wet ones.

These leaks are confidential messages
that you might send to your friends or internal memos you send to
your co-workers.

Who leaks them and to whom does the
leaks go to?

We rarely do find out who the persons
or persons are who leak your confidential materials but we soon know
where they en up.

On the Internet and/or in print.

In the past the confidential messages
ended up in the tabloids and now in the once respected news outlets.
Over the past few years social media has now been a player.

Why do people leak?

Sometimes it is just plain
vindictiveness but the ones that appear in the major news outlets is
just plain for gain. These news outlets pay large sums of money for
juicy dirt on prominent people.

The people that whistleblow once did it
for very good reasons. They were trying to put a wrong or wrongs to
be exposed so they could be put right.

Unfortunately, like most things in this
world, what once starts in itself as a right turns into a wrong. Even
national secrets are being leaked that could do great harm to not
only our country but ourselves who live there.

Sir Ronald Sanders made a good case in
his recent Opinion piece we published on July 16th - “Sir
Ronald Sanders: The new burden of diplomacy – The enemy within”
at:
http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/sir-ronald-sanders-the-new-burden-of-diplomacy-the-enemy-within/

He highlighted the “mess resulting
from reports that the British Ambassador to the United States, Sir
Kim Darroch made about President Donald Trump and his
administration”. Sir Kim had to resign.

Sanders rightly points out that it is
part of “all Ambassadors and other diplomats, who man their
country’s diplomatic missions, are expected to send home candid
reports, analyses and opinions about events and circumstances in the
country or organisation to which they are assigned.”

Sir Ronald writes:

“The persons who leaked Sir Kim’s
confidential communications to his government did so for a narrow
domestic political purpose. Their purpose appears to have been to
serve those intent on Britain exiting the European Union in any
circumstances, regardless of the consequences.

“ their recklessness, they sacrificed
Sir Kim’s diplomatic career in service to his country and they
ruptured the relationship between the governments of the UK and the
US. They also succeeded in violating the sanctity of a centuries-old
protocol of diplomatic communication. Few will trust the system in
the future. They will write less and more cautiously, making it
difficult for traditional diplomatic reporting to continue. What will
replace it could be sinister.”

What will replace it could be sinister?
I wish Sir Ronald could have elaborated more on that. He is one
person who would know what might now occur.

Not all leaks are for the good.

How would you like all your emails leaked all over the world wide web?

NOTE: And, just a few days ago homophobic messages were leaked from the Governor of Puerto Rico resulting in violent protests.