Wikileaks

Recently, in the news, there's been a large commotion over wikileaks. To sum it up, wikileaks is an organization that publishes leaked documents (Almost entirely about the US).

Here's a sample of the titles of news articles relating to the good side wikileaks-
Pope refused to cooperate in sex abuse investigation
Wikileaks Reveals U.S. Tax Dollars Fund Child Sex Slavery in Afghanistan

The above are things I can pretty much agree with leaking. However, there was a recent leak with the content being buildings that were classed as vital to US internal communications. Something tells me that people who want only government transparency wouldn't be interested in getting this out. The something also tells me that the only people who would be interested in this information is either an enemy nation or a terrorist.

Other than that specific article, there have been numerous examples of leaks I consider incredibly stupid, unnecessary, or both. Information that endangers lives types of information. To date, wikileaks has turned from "Hey, let's leak documents that the US is hiding to make themselves look good" to "Hey, let's leak documents that the US is hiding."

The main reason this is a large issue to me is because the arguments I hear for and against wikileaks' existence. Examples include
Pro-
1. The government is run by the people, so everyone should know
2. If the government doing nothing wrong, then it shouldn't have problems with transparency
3. There's no reason for having secrets from the people
The rest are the sayings of paranoid tin-foil-hat wearers, without much reason behind them.

The arguments I have against these are pretty short
1. You run the government by voting those people you want into power. If the majority of people want something, they vote for the people who (they think) can make it happen
2. Change "the government" to "you". As they say, turn the tables.
3. Hiding the locations of refugees or the plans for nuclear bombs or the locations of missile silos seems like good reasons for me.

On the other hand, I hear equally stupid/terrible remarks in opposition to wikileaks.