Northeastern professor, former foreign correspondent, Nick Daniloff discusses WikiLeaks
Encourages viewers to use curiosity and critical thinking
The Embassy Cables: French support for Brazil high
PARIS -- A 2009 memo from the US Embassy in Paris to the Secretary of State's office released in the latest batch of Wikileaks documents, details French President Nicholas Sarkozy’s efforts to cultivate the r...
Julian Assange granted bail in London
A British judge freed WikiLeaks founder and editor Julian Assange on bail Tuesday, setting strict conditions as the online information mogul fights extradition to Sweden on sex charges.
Assange, a 39-year-ol...
The Embassy Cables: The relationship between France and Africa
PARIS -- A 2008 cable sent from the American Embassy in Paris to the Secretary of State and other U.S. embassies around the world outlines the history of the diplomatic relationship between France and Africa, a...
The Embassy Cables: Military partnership with India
In a June 2009 cable posted online by Wikileaks, a meeting is detailed between National Security Adviser James Jones and Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony, who stressed the importance of a close military rela...
The Embassy Cables: Putin is in control of Russia, elections
Putin today, Putin tomorrow.
In a cable written in February and released by Wikileaks recently, the American embassy in Moscow asserts its belief that former president and current prime minister of Russia, V...
The Embassy Cables: Burma building nuclear site with North Korea’s help
If China and the US agree on one thing it is that Burma is unstable and potentially dangerous.
According to an August 2004 embassy cable released by Wikileaks, the government of Burma has been building nucle...
The Embassy Cables: Blood diamonds in Zimbabwe
A leaked embassy cable posted online by Wikileaks shows that the Zimbabwean government planned to forcibly displace 25,000 villagers in a diamond-rich section of the country early last year.
The January 23,...
The Embassy Cables: Our friend Iran (in 1972)
Well, we knew this already, but a Wikileaks-posted cable from the US Embassy in Tehran in 1972 shows how the United States rushed to arm the Shah's Iran, concerned over Soviet interests in the area.
The...
The Embassy Cables: Saudi youth party hard
According to a November 2009 cable from the American Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, put online by Wikileaks on Tuesday, the elite young people there "party like the rest of the world.""Behind the facade of ...
