Obviously Korn is working for Obama here, or thinks he is helping him.
I don’t know, but I would guess that Hillary in her role as Secretary of State was given a pile of routine documents to sign, continuing the policies of her predecessors. Among them was presumably a document saying that diplomats are authorized to get any kind of information they can about foreign politicians.
Presumably this is to protect them for doing their jobs, which is to collect any potentially useful information they can about friends and enemies alike. Most of that information would not be used, but would be filed away in case it might prove useful down the line.
But while not absolutely saying so, the story is written as if Hillary originated the idea and pushed it deliberately. Unlikely, I would say. But calculated to embarrass her with the leaders of other countries and to offend her leftist base.
Yes, I think that's right. To me, it seems like the far left - the left that Korn and his ilk represents - are truly giddy over these cables. It allows them to push the "America is evil" mantra, they all love and subscribe to. It also underscores how much they hate America, and are overjoyed with anything that diminishes its standing in the world.
Why are leftists offended by efforts to obtain information on foreigners but have no issue with publishing Joe The Plumber's tax and divorce records everywhere?