WikiLeaks revelations will 'expose corruption between allies' U.S. warns Britain
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U.S. warns Britain over new WikiLeaks revelations that will 'expose corruption between allies'
- 3 million documents set to go online
- Bombshell leak thought to include U.S. assessments of Gordon Brown
- Secret talks on return of Lockerbie bomber to Libya may also be leaked
- Allegations 'include U.S. backing of Kurdish terrorists'
- U.S. diplomats face being kicked out of countries in backlash
- Corrupt politicians expected to be named and shamed
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David Cameron was warned last night by America that damaging secrets of the ‘special relationship’ are about to be laid bare. The U.S. ambassador to London made an unprecedented personal visit to Downing Street to warn that whistleblower website WikiLeaks is about to publish secret assessments of what Washington really thinks of Britain. The website is on the verge of revealing almost 3million documents, including thousands of sensitive diplomatic cables sent to Washington from the American embassy in London. The bombshell leak is thought to include U.S. assessments of Gordon Brown’s personality and his prospects of winning the General Election, and secret discussions on the return of the Lockerbie bomber to Libya. Assessments of David Cameron’s election chances and his private assurances to U.S. officials may also be included, Government sources believe.
They fear they will emerge on Sunday in co-ordinated releases in newspapers in Britain, Germany and America. The British government is so worried that last night it issued a D-Notice, warning that publishing the secrets could compromise national security. The website has previously released secret details of allied military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Revelations of American brutality in Iraq and Afghanistan created shockwaves, made WikiLeaks notorious and led to its founder Julian Assange - an Australian-born computer hacker - being vilified by governments around the world. He is now wanted for alleged rape in Sweden. In total, around 2.7million confidential messages between the U.S. government and its embassies around the world are to be released.
The U.S. State Department warned that the leaks would damage relationships around the world. Spokesman P J Crowley said: ‘These revelations are harmful to the U.S. and our interests. They are going to create tension in relationships between our diplomats and our friends around the world.’ The U.S. ambassador to Britain, Louis Susman, was seen going into Downing Street and the Foreign Office yesterday to brief officials for what was described as ‘contingency planning’. ‘He came in to explain what they thought we could expect,’ said one Whitehall source. Defence sources said British national security could be ‘put at risk’ by the release, as they are expected to contain details of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts and pull-outs and revelations about secret service practices and intelligence sources.
A lot of respect for this guy, expose the liars and corruption at the top and keep it up. The internet is really hurting the elite (Democrats, Republicans, Lib/Lab/Con, CIA, UN, EU etc) and they'll try (but I doubt they can) to regulate the internet the best they can in the name of our 'security'. The old news channels and even the papers are becoming irrelevant and 'raw news' I guess you could call it is gaining ground (Infowars, Youtube, RussiaToday, WikiLeaks).
Good on him.
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