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The Pentagon warned lawmakers on Tuesday that WikiLeaks’ long-expected release of thousands of classified U.S. diplomatic cables could come as soon as Friday, according to a report from Bloomberg.
The cables “touch on an enormous range of very sensitive foreign policy issues,” according to an e-mail from Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs Elizabeth King to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees quoted in the report.
Originally posted by Oozii
So the Pentagon seems to be on the edge with the next leaks of information.
Back in January, The Reykjavik cable that Wikileaks published was described as a test.
Manning described that single leak as a “test.” The full database, he wrote, would have significant impact.
With the recent talks about this upcoming leak being 7x more than the Iraqi War Logs it's bound to have some impact.
I'm not 100% sure what position this will put the United States in. I live in the US, and am a proud American, and also all for seeking the truth, but to a certain point.
I just don't want this to turn ugly. I could see the United States being split up.
“Everywhere there’s a U.S. post, there’s a diplomatic scandal that will be revealed,” he wrote. “It’s open diplomacy. World-wide anarchy in CSV format. It’s Climategate with a global scope, and breathtaking depth. It’s beautiful, and horrifying.”
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