The Embassy Cables

Wikileaks reveals new Apple security plan

August 31, 2011

The crew that helped put an end to counterfeit Viagra pills from China is now on board with Apple, helping to stop the rampant underground market overseas, according to CNN. CNN's report was based off of a m...

Northeastern professor, former foreign correspondent, Nick Daniloff discusses WikiLeaks

John M. Guilfoil

December 22, 2010

Encourages viewers to use curiosity and critical thinking

The Embassy Cables: Violence in the French housing projects

Laura Krantz

December 15, 2010

PARIS -- A partial Wikileaks-leaked cable written in November 2005 by the American Embassy in Paris, most likely to the Secretary of State's office sheds light on violence in France and the government’s react...

The Embassy Cables: French support for Brazil high

Laura Krantz

December 15, 2010

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

John M. Guilfoil

December 14, 2010

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

Laura Krantz

December 14, 2010

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

John M. Guilfoil

December 11, 2010

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

John M. Guilfoil

December 10, 2010

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

John M. Guilfoil

December 10, 2010

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: Saudi Arabia attacked civilians using American intel

John M. Guilfoil

December 10, 2010

In a US embassy cable released by Wikileaks, American Ambassador James B. Smith, the ambassador to Saudi Arabia, met with Saudi Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation Prince Khaled bin Sultan in February to...

The Embassy Cables: Blood diamonds in Zimbabwe

John M. Guilfoil

December 9, 2010

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)

John M. Guilfoil

December 7, 2010

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: Brazil drug problems aren’t new

John M. Guilfoil

December 7, 2010

A small civil war broke out briefly in Brazil in November, as the government tried to clamp down on Rio de Janeiro's massive drug and gang problem. Boston.com's Big Picture blog captured the scene wonderfully. ...

The Embassy Cables: Saudi youth party hard

John M. Guilfoil

December 7, 2010

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 ...

The Embassy Cables: Saudis fear Iranian missile strike more than terrorism

John M. Guilfoil

December 7, 2010

In a Wikileaks-leaked cable from the US embassy in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's office, Ambassador James C. Oberwetter reported in December 2006 that an unnamed S...

The Embassy Cables: Leak suggests strategic importance of Sweden, Qatar

John M. Guilfoil

December 7, 2010

Cables released online by Wikileaks on Sunday were called a "terrorist blueprint" by many, including several prominent news outlets, which have begun to turn on Wikileaks despite continuing to run stories every...

Julian Assange denied bail, will be extridicted to Sweden

Eiko Watanabe

December 7, 2010

Wikileaks founded arrested in the UK

Wikileaks hit by DDoS attack

Eiko Watanabe

November 29, 2010

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