2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Let's Compare Senator Sanders and H. Clinton on some key issues. [View all]cheapdate
(3,811 posts)the complete and indiscriminate release of every private State Department communication between our diplomats and diplomats for foreign governments was extraordinarily damaging to the United States and her friends and allies. Some of the diplomatic releases were valuable, but a goodly part of it served no real purpose other than unnecessarily damaging trust and reputations in the diplomatic services of both the United States and it's friends and allies.
Diplomacy is a necessary and important function of a state. Some measure of personal trust and personal relationships will always be a part of diplomacy. Transparency is essential in a democracy, but there must also be some space for diplomatic officials to develop personal relationships.
Hillary doesn't get a free pass, but I will allow her to write-down some part of her anger over Snowden.