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U.S. to Ottawa: WikiLeaks release may hurt relations


Political | 206709 hits | Nov 24 7:27 pm | Posted by: wildrosegirl
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The U.S. government has notified Ottawa that the WikiLeaks website is preparing to release sensitive U.S. diplomatic files that could damage U.S. relations with allies around the world.

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  1. by avatar DrCaleb
    Thu Nov 25, 2010 5:02 am
    "A State Department spokesman said Wednesday the release of confidential communications about foreign governments probably will erode trust in the United States as a diplomatic partner. "

    Doubtful. At this point, we've almost come to expect it. Not that we are riding a higher horse, however.

  2. by avatar Gunnair  Gold Member
    Thu Nov 25, 2010 5:47 am
    U.S. officials say the documents may contain accounts of compromising conversations with political dissidents and friendly politicians and could result in the expulsion of U.S. diplomats from foreign postings.


    In diplomatic parlance this is "un-good" for the US.

  3. by avatar sandorski
    Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:21 am
    It'll be interesting to see what it's about. I suspect many slurs/insults about this or that person/Government/even Nation, these will be plastered on the News of the respective Nations. However, that kind of thing is to be expected anyway and is really nothing to be getting riled about as I'm sure everyone has at least thought or conversed the same towards the US and Others.

    I wonder if there will be anything really serious exposed here or will it just be Tabloid quality BS?

  4. by avatar DrCaleb
    Thu Nov 25, 2010 3:28 pm
    "sandorski" said

    I wonder if there will be anything really serious exposed here or will it just be Tabloid quality BS?


    I have to wonder, if it is just talking sh--, why put it in an official record? I'll bet it's quite juicy.

    I can see why the CIA wants the Wikileaks founder out of the picture.

  5. by avatar Johnny_H
    Thu Nov 25, 2010 3:32 pm
    I'd say its probably something substancial, President Bush used to omit Canada from the occasional speech. There have been loads of tiny transgressions, outright assumptions about terrorists jumping across a boarder that seems to be less defended on our side. Lots of slag thrown both ways politically over softwood lumber, fishing out West etc. The mythical "NW Passage" etc, it never ends.

    I'd suggest that what ever wikileaks actually leaks..will be much more substancial than any of this otherwise the U.S. Gov't wouldn't be on damage control prematurely. My fear is it will leak sensitive information about the U.S. Nuclear arsenals and contingency plans for hypothetical use. Thats terrifying becuase we've lived in a world where the U.S. and Russia have lived without being polar-threats to one another for the last 20 odd years. Any drastic change in that through leaked information could be disastrous with the emergence of a new Russian state.

  6. by avatar Public_Domain
    Thu Nov 25, 2010 3:38 pm
    :|

  7. by avatar KorbenDeck
    Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:58 pm
    The USA really needs to get a on top of its employees. Plus lock some up for a very long time it seems.

  8. by Regina  Gold Member
    Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:33 pm
    Probably called us Bacon eaters.

  9. by avatar EyeBrock
    Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:27 pm
    Well, when we were on EX's with our Yank friends, we said some pretty bad shit about them.......some of it was actually true!

  10. by avatar Public_Domain
    Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:31 pm
    :|

  11. by avatar EyeBrock
    Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:36 pm
    Yea, it's really been amazingly informative Mr C. The downside of this Aussie wankers posting's is the Taliban now have our intel to use against our Canadian soldiers in combat.

  12. by avatar Public_Domain
    Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:48 pm
    :|

  13. by avatar Gunnair  Gold Member
    Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:56 pm
    "Johnny_H" said
    I'd say its probably something substancial, President Bush used to omit Canada from the occasional speech. There have been loads of tiny transgressions, outright assumptions about terrorists jumping across a boarder that seems to be less defended on our side. Lots of slag thrown both ways politically over softwood lumber, fishing out West etc. The mythical "NW Passage" etc, it never ends.

    I'd suggest that what ever wikileaks actually leaks..will be much more substancial than any of this otherwise the U.S. Gov't wouldn't be on damage control prematurely. My fear is it will leak sensitive information about the U.S. Nuclear arsenals and contingency plans for hypothetical use. Thats terrifying becuase we've lived in a world where the U.S. and Russia have lived without being polar-threats to one another for the last 20 odd years. Any drastic change in that through leaked information could be disastrous with the emergence of a new Russian state.


    I'd be surprised if Wikileaks popped out anything truly damaging from a strategic point of view, at least with respect to defence. So far the majority of stuff seems to be policy/procedurally based with some possibility of minor harm because SOPs or ideologies are exposed. The really ground breaking stuff - ICBM codes, SSBN sailing schedules and all the other great Hollywood hype - not there. There certainly sounds like there might be some big diplomatic fallout over this. For good or bad, it might be a lesson to political and military brass - don't write down damaging things unless you're happy they become public knowledge.

    Personnaly, I'm all a-tingle to find out what they've said about us Canucks!

  14. by avatar EyeBrock
    Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:57 pm
    Or guys will be there until 2014 and our allies will be with us. People need to realise that the only ones who benefit from wikileaks are our enemies.



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