Charles Johnson on a possible unintended victim of the Wikileaks dump, an Algerian reporter whose life could now be in danger. The idea of leaking, of course, doesn't bother me that much -- how could it? But the word "leak" implies a slow drip; this sort of massive Wikileaks dump is the Johnstown flood.
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Jeffrey Goldberg is the editor in chief of The Atlantic and a recipient of the National Magazine Award for Reporting. He is the author of Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror.