What a retarded thing, so the whole world can now read the cables and government employees are told not to ? Why ? What could there be that the government would want to hide from its own employees ? After all, if the Chinese can read them there does not seem to be much point in stopping your own governments employees from reading them.<p><a href="http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=ordered+not+to+read+cables" rel="nofollow">http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&pz=1&cf=all&...</a><p>first link.<p>"Classified information, whether or not already posted on public websites or disclosed to the media, <i>remains classified</i>, and must be treated as such by federal employees and contractors, until it is declassified by an appropriate U.S. Government authority,"<p>You've got to be kidding. Talk about being in denial.