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WikiLeaks releases 1.7m US diplomatic and intelligence reports
covering every country in the world
10:44 - 08.04.13
Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks today published more than 1.7million
U.S. records covering diplomatic or intelligence reports on every
country in the world.
The data released today includes more than 1.7million U.S. diplomatic
records from 1973 to 1976 - covering a traffic of cables, intelligence
reports and congressional correspondence, The Daily Mail reports.
WikiLeaks described the Public Library of US Diplomacy (PlusD) as the
world's largest searchable collection of U.S. confidential, or
formerly confidential, diplomatic communications.
The Ecuadorian Government has granted Mr Assange political asylum and
has repeatedly offered Swedish prosecutors the chance to interview him
at the embassy in Knightsbridge, central London.
Mr Assange said the information showed the `vast range and scope' of
U.S. diplomatic and intelligence activity around the world.
Henry Kissinger was U.S. Secretary of State and National Security
Adviser during the period covered by the collection, and many of the
reports were written by him or sent to him.
Thousands of the documents are marked NODIS (no distribution) or Eyes
Only, as well as cables originally classed as secret or confidential.
Mr Assange said WikiLeaks had undertaken a detailed analysis of the
communications, adding that the information eclipsed Cablegate, a set
of more than 250,000 US diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks from
November 2010 and over the following year.
These documents were released after being anonymously leaked,
detailing U.S. foreign policy over the last decade.
The collection published today has not been leaked, but Mr Assange
said WikiLeaks had been working for the past year to analyse and
assess a vast amount of data held at the U.S. national archives before
releasing it in a searchable form.
Mr Assange said WikiLeaks had developed sophisticated technical
systems to deal with `complex and voluminous' data.
Top secret documents were not available, while some others were lost
or irreversibly corrupted for periods including December 1975 and
March and June 1976, said Mr Assange.
He added that his mother, who lives in Australia, had told him he was
being kept at the embassy `with nothing to do but work on WikiLeaks
material'.
Armenian News - Tert.am
covering every country in the world
10:44 - 08.04.13
Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks today published more than 1.7million
U.S. records covering diplomatic or intelligence reports on every
country in the world.
The data released today includes more than 1.7million U.S. diplomatic
records from 1973 to 1976 - covering a traffic of cables, intelligence
reports and congressional correspondence, The Daily Mail reports.
WikiLeaks described the Public Library of US Diplomacy (PlusD) as the
world's largest searchable collection of U.S. confidential, or
formerly confidential, diplomatic communications.
The Ecuadorian Government has granted Mr Assange political asylum and
has repeatedly offered Swedish prosecutors the chance to interview him
at the embassy in Knightsbridge, central London.
Mr Assange said the information showed the `vast range and scope' of
U.S. diplomatic and intelligence activity around the world.
Henry Kissinger was U.S. Secretary of State and National Security
Adviser during the period covered by the collection, and many of the
reports were written by him or sent to him.
Thousands of the documents are marked NODIS (no distribution) or Eyes
Only, as well as cables originally classed as secret or confidential.
Mr Assange said WikiLeaks had undertaken a detailed analysis of the
communications, adding that the information eclipsed Cablegate, a set
of more than 250,000 US diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks from
November 2010 and over the following year.
These documents were released after being anonymously leaked,
detailing U.S. foreign policy over the last decade.
The collection published today has not been leaked, but Mr Assange
said WikiLeaks had been working for the past year to analyse and
assess a vast amount of data held at the U.S. national archives before
releasing it in a searchable form.
Mr Assange said WikiLeaks had developed sophisticated technical
systems to deal with `complex and voluminous' data.
Top secret documents were not available, while some others were lost
or irreversibly corrupted for periods including December 1975 and
March and June 1976, said Mr Assange.
He added that his mother, who lives in Australia, had told him he was
being kept at the embassy `with nothing to do but work on WikiLeaks
material'.
Armenian News - Tert.am