Instead of just whining at WikiLeaks, the USG should have claimed that included in the cables were a large number of fakes, so that if they were ever leaked, they'd be able to track down the person who leaked it.<p>When the leaks happens, point to a few cables and claim that they were fakes.<p>By insisting that these cables will cause "immeasurable harm" and put "countless lives at risk", the USG is granting credibility to these cables and hurting themselves. Instead, fight information with disinformation.<p>Anyway: that would be my advice.
Last night I couldn't sleep, so I started reading random cables from this recent release. Boy was I surprised by the information I found.<p>In one instance, it appeared the US Ambassador to Russia/Georgia had been invited to a local tribesmen's son's wedding and goes on to detail every bit of information about his encounters, very confidential chats and even forecast what will happen in power struggles because of his conversations with various top ranking guests.<p>In the cable he even verbally outlines the structure of the house, how many exists there are, location etc.. as if to mark a military strike on the location should there ever need be.<p>All of this led me to beleive this ambassoder is royally fucked. The fact that Washington has suggested embassy counselors will be called back/removed from their post is probably very true and otherwise, these kind of information leak will put them in great danger.<p>I'm not sure how WikiLeaks determines what information, such as names, should be censored while other names are fully visible. This is quite disturbing to me.