it's interesting that it's the diplomatic stuff and not the military that swung the world into action against wikileaks. but surely if nothing else the many fascinating stories emerging vindicate the newsworthiness of the leaks: nytimes has half a dozen really good things just today. i realize that the question of whether wikileaks is journalism is important in american constitutional law, for example. but i don't exactly think of it as journalism; it's the raw material of journalism.