Cybercriminals are usually driven by profit, while cyberterrorists are driven by ideology.

Most other documents leaked to WikiLeaks do not carry the same explosive potential as candid cables written by American diplomats.

Russian young people spend countless hours online downloading videos and having a very nice digital entertainment lifestyle, which does not necessarily turn them into the next Che Guevara.

Free open-source software, by its nature, is unlikely to feature secret back doors that lead directly to Langley, Va.

Much of the real computer talent today is concentrated in the private sector.

Diplomacy is, perhaps, one element of the U.S. government that should not be subject to the demands of 'open government'; whenever it works, it is usually because it is done behind closed doors. But this may be increasingly hard to achieve in the age of Twittering bureaucrats.

One possible future for WikiLeaks is to morph into a gigantic media intermediary - perhaps, even something of a clearing house for investigative reporting - where even low-level leaks would be matched with the appropriate journalists to pursue and report on them and, perhaps, even with appropriate NGOs to advocate on their causes.