The US Diplomatic Leaks: A Superpower’s View of the World – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International.

Three times is a charm, isn’t it?   Now, let’s tighten security?

Obama et al = les incompetants

3 million people could have done what Manning did.  Security?  Uhm, only in fantasyland, as this was just a matter of time.

More than 3 million US government personnel and soldiers, many extremely junior, are cleared to have potential access to this material, even though the cables contain the identities of foreign informants, often sensitive contacts in dictatorial regimes. Some are marked “protect” or “strictly protect”.

And we are all supposed to trust our government with our medical records?

Israel isn’t the least bit upset about any of this.

“Israel has not been damaged at all by the WikiLeaks publications,” the prime minster told a group of editors in Tel Aviv. “The documents show many sources backing Israel’s assessments, particularly of Iran.”

One result of the Wikileaks cables was to expose Arab fears of growing Iranian power, and it emerged that Saudi Arabia had asked the U.S. to launch a military strike to prevent the Iranians from gaining a nuclear bomb.

Top 10 revelations.

For the visual learners.

And if you want it all, then go here. Now, if Wikileaks can do this, why can’t we get Bam’s records out on the net?

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