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Those guys were Gitmo prisoners that were found to not be terrorists but the US didn't want to send home in case their stay in Cuba turned them into terrorists?

Yeah, it's embarrassing for everyone. I just read about the Duke of York's opinion of the rest of the world and damn if I thought my fellow Americans were off color.:D

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/11/29/frum.wikileaks.iran/index.html?hpt=T1 After reading this article, I think this could be a possible smoke cloud for aggressive action toward Iran. Whether intentionally or coincidentally the information received does point the finger at Tehran.

Oh definitely and if I were other countries I'd spy on the UN too.

I don't know if they'd sacrifice so much stuff. Would just be easier to release much less information, yet have it say so much more.

I'm sure other countries do that too, maybe not to the extent that we've done. Let's not be so naive. Foreign affairs is a rather touchy affair. Handshakes and treaties in front of the public, meanwhile something completely different is going on behind the scenes. Granted I'm not saying...

I don't think the government would intentionally leak stuff. A small part of it is about Iran. Most of it is just embarrassing anecdotes from our state department, especially the attempts to trade Obama for Gitmo prisoners and Clinton's order to spy on the UN. That shit's funny, but...

I can't wait. Hopefully wikileaks is able to survive the attempts to shut them down. Most of the Embassy cables aren't surprising. Of course Americans talk about other nations behind their backs, I'm sure all the rest of the world does the same.

Calciopoli? Sounds like lunch from Kings.

The Americans posting in this thread have been in favor of the leak.

That's what most of it will consist of. Silly stuff. Should be fun to read.

The great thing is that this leak won't just reflect poorly on the US. It's going to air a lot of dirty laundry. Especially with the political updates from Ambassadors and their staff. Pretty much some soap opera stuff, mixed in with a little torture and a few assassinations here or there...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/28/wikileaks.attack/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1 In anticipation of being shut down, Wiki took other avenues. Sending the documents to 5 world news outlets. The Guardian (UK), NY Times (US), Le Monde (France), Der Spiegel (Germany), and La Pais (Spain).