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U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT FEARS POSSIBLE DISMISSAL OF OFFICIALS OVER WIKILEAKS DISCLOSURES
PanARMENIAN.Net
August 31, 2011 - 11:12 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - In a shift of tactics that has alarmed American
officials, the antisecrecy organization WikiLeaks has published on
the Web nearly 134,000 leaked diplomatic cables in recent days, more
than six times the total disclosed publicly since the posting of the
leaked State Department documents began last November.
A sampling of the documents showed that the newly published cables
included the names of some people who had spoken confidentially to
American diplomats and whose identities were marked in the cables
with the warning "strictly protect."
State Department officials and human rights activists have been
concerned that such diplomatic sources, including activists,
journalists and academics in authoritarian countries, could face
reprisals, including dismissal from their jobs, prosecution or
violence, The New York Times reports.
Since late 2010, international media have had access to more than
250,000 State Department cables originally obtained by WikiLeaks.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
August 31, 2011 - 11:12 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - In a shift of tactics that has alarmed American
officials, the antisecrecy organization WikiLeaks has published on
the Web nearly 134,000 leaked diplomatic cables in recent days, more
than six times the total disclosed publicly since the posting of the
leaked State Department documents began last November.
A sampling of the documents showed that the newly published cables
included the names of some people who had spoken confidentially to
American diplomats and whose identities were marked in the cables
with the warning "strictly protect."
State Department officials and human rights activists have been
concerned that such diplomatic sources, including activists,
journalists and academics in authoritarian countries, could face
reprisals, including dismissal from their jobs, prosecution or
violence, The New York Times reports.
Since late 2010, international media have had access to more than
250,000 State Department cables originally obtained by WikiLeaks.
From: A. Papazian