The WikiLeaks organization said Thursday it would release another round of tens of thousands of previously unpublished U.S. diplomatic cables, some of which are still classified. The releases are a continuation of the more than 250,000 State Department reports leaked to the group which started being released late last year.
“We will have released over 100,000 US embassy cables from around the world by the end of today,” said a message on WikiLeaks’ Twitter feed, believed to be controlled by Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder and chief.
The mass release this time around is contrasted with the method of past months in which WikiLeaks would release smaller batches. The change is believed come from frustration of WikiLeaks and its supporters that the media organizations they have cooperated with in the past had failed to commit to publishing and publicizing stories based on the cables.
The document release began just hours after further harassment by the US government and federal prosecutors looking into WikiLeaks, trying to hinder the organization’s operations despite having no real legal case against them. Previous attempts to charge WikiLeaks under the Espionage Act have not been borne out, and would fly in the face of first amendment press freedoms if pursued.
Release ALL the info and you will not BE prime target any longer…….. Till next time…..
Good grief. Has it been another year? What is the hold up? The US Gov needs slapping and from the looks of it they're pushing their fascist diktats more forcefully than I'd previously thought. Or is this all part of the plan? It gets so convoluted that it makes my head spin.
Maid claims rape & Strauss-Khan claims "consensual sex" (as if the maid would EVER want it with him?) and he is NOT prosecuted (despite his form), AND, Assange has consensual sex with adults and IS prosecuted?
Selective prosecutions are the name of the game?
And what about the US Congressman calling for his murder?
Fox News abhors Wikileaks release of info, yet Fox News affiliates have been hacking phones of crime victims and politicians.
Good hopfully it realy makes the US look worse if thats possible.
America will lie cheat steel kill even there president like what happened to JFK and others to keep crimes and truth unknown to the public.They make laws say what they want and torture someone like Bradly Manning for wanting the public knowing the truth and now what their money was doing.. like the constitution intended.The American citizens need to fight back make the NAM protests look small in comparison.The government trys to keep most from knowing whats going on some people are ingnorant and some just don't care unless it was them or there family.Don't be that person if people took to the streets like then things could change.It could stop what could turn into WW3 we need to get the people the truth and get courage to stand for whats right and legal.Something needs to be done or thing wil;l turn out badly if not in are time in our childrens.