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WikiLeaks: Cables Show Japan Was Warned About Nuclear Plant Safety

The Japanese government has said it is doing all it can to contain the crisis at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, which was critically damaged in last week's earthquake. But according to U.S. diplomatic papers released by WikiLeaks, that atomic disaster might have been avoided if only the government had acted on...

Middle Eastern Media Quiet About WikiLeaks Revelations

(Dec. 9) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and his voluptuous eastern European nurse. Persian Gulf leaders beseech the U.S. to bomb Iran. While these disclosures from State Department cables were among those released by WikiLeaks and were widely reported in much of the rest of the world, the press in the Middle East has...

WikiLeaks Shadow Creeps Over Climate Talks

CANCUN, Mexico (Dec. 8) -- Diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks indicating a desire by the United States to "co-opt or marginalize" countries holding opposing views on climate change have cast a shadow over an already difficult international conference on global warming wrapping up here this week. "We have always...

Opinion: The WikiLeaks Theme Is Hypocrisy

(Nov. 30) -- There's a theme running through the latest WikiLeaks story that can be summed up in a single word: hypocrisy. It's a safe bet that Julian Assange, the brains behind WikiLeaks, sees himself as a noble idealist at war with a nation that hides its many bad deeds in files marked "secret." By exposing America for...

Clinton Promises 'Aggressive' Response to WikiLeaks

(Nov. 29) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton promised today that the United States would pursue those responsible for giving WikiLeaks a treasure trove of diplomatic cables, while Army investigators focus on a soldier already suspected of providing the online organization with tens of thousands of classified...

Background on diplomatic cables

A diplomatic cable, also known as a diplomatic telegram or embassy cable, is the term given to a confidential text message exchanged between a diplomatic mission, like an embassy or a consulate, and the foreign ministry of its parent country.

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