Compare and contrast.

This latest WikiLeaks business seems to me to be treading a fine line between secrecy and privacy.  A secret is something which you are trying to stop others from finding out about, and I think there is some merit in at least looking at your motivation for so doing and, if it is considered merely self-serving, exposing the secret for the world to see.  On the other hand, a private message which was always intended to be for the recipient's eyes only is a different matter and it can be argued that that privacy should be respected.  Think how you would feel if your personal correspondence was published for all to read.  However innocent it might be, I imagine you would feel violated. So are these latest documents secrets or private correspondence?  Tricky one.