U.S. nervously awaits next WikiLeaks
Posted by John Malloy on 11/25/2010
The United States government and its diplomats around the world are nervously awaiting the latest release of WikiLeaks documents, more than two million, expected late Friday or Saturday.
U.S. officials said the documents may contain accounts of compromising conversations with political dissidents and friendly politicians. They also could damage U.S. relations with allies around the world and result in the expulsion of U.S. diplomats from foreign postings.
The U.S. ambassador to Canada, David Jacobson, has phoned Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon to inform him of the matter.
In Ottawa, Defence Minister Peter McKay said Thursday he is worried, but only if the leaked information talks about operations overseas. That kind of leak can be very dangerous, he told reporters.
This time WikiLeaks said the report will be on Afghanistan, Russia and other former Soviet republics, suggesting huge embarrassments, as well as classified U.S. discussions revealing corruption allegations against foreign government leaders. That’s what has the U.S. extremely worried.
via CBC News – Canada – U.S. nervously awaits next WikiLeaks.
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