Cables revealed plans to create a marine preserve to keep exiled islanders from returning to Diego Garcia, site of a major U.S. military base.
WikiLeaks XI: Release of Sri Lankan Cables Timed to Shine Light on Government and Tamil Tigers Savagery
A cable by U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka reveals that neither government nor Tamil Tigers seek an investigation into civilian casualties resulting from Tiger’s last stand.
WikiLeaks X: Russia — From Tyranny to Kleptocracy
The documents paint a grim picture of the quintessential mafia state being run out of the Kremlin’s bowels and the hopeless politics it engenders.
Even Obama Wouldn’t Trade DADT and Dream Act for New START. Would He?
Will the horse trading on New START ever end? First exorbitant funding for the nuclear weapons industry, now legislative measures.
Opposition to New START Pits Republicans Against Traditional Allies
Republican foot-dragging on President Obama’s signature nuclear initiative places them at odds with the defense establishment.
WikiLeaks IX: Wires Show U.S. Embassy Actually Got It Right on Honduras
WikiLeaks’ Honduras documents exemplify the positive side of American diplomacy.
WikiLeaks VIII — Congressman King: “Bring me the head of Julian Assange”
A “clear and present danger”? That’s what Representative Peter King called WikiLeaks.
WikiLeaks VII: Our Man in Zimbabwe Flatters His Way up the Foreign-Service Ladder
Bush’s ambassador to Zimbabwe believed that if we “stayed the course,” our “freedom agenda” would reign.
WikiLeaks VI: U.S. Supporting Separatist Kurd Party Fighting Turkey?
The Wikileaks dump will supposedly demonstrate U.S. support for the Kurdistan Worker’s Party, a separatist organization that has been fighting the Turkish state for the past thirty years.
WikiLeaks V: Spying on the UN — Et Tu, Obama Administration?
What did the State Department want with the credit card numbers, as well as phone, fax and even frequent-flyer account numbers of UN officials?
