Yesterday, Secretary of State Clinton called the disclosure of the WikiLeaks documents “an attack on America’s foreign policy interests.” She and her colleagues in the Obama administration have proceeded, as they must, to try to limit the diplomatic damage, to reassure allies, to improve security procedures, and to launch criminal investigations.

But all of this still leaves us looking like a pitiful, helpless giant—albeit a pitiful, helpless giant in damage-control mode. Is there nothing to do other than wait this all out in a defensive crouch? Is there no way to counter-attack against the attackers?