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by Tory Maguire

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Filed under: Diplomatic Cables, Julia Gillard, Julian Assange, Kevin Rudd, Politics, Wikileaks

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Here’s something ironic. Kevin Rudd seems to be the only one keeping Wikileaks in perspective.

They've got him right where they want him, but it won't work. Illustration: AP

Who knows whats going on behind closed doors, but this morning the foreign minister was channeling Rhett Butler. “I don’t, frankly, give a damn about this sort of thing,” Rudd told Sunrise. Perhaps he’s of the view there was nothing in this morning’s Wikileaks cable reports we couldn’t have read in any Australian newspaper late last year or early this year.

Everyone else, however, including Julia Gillard, Swedish authorities and most of the political figures in the United States, is at risk of losing the rhetorical war with Julian Assange that’s been set off by the latest round of leaks.

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