Last Sunday, 28 November, the website Wikileaks began publication of the secret dispatches diplomatic 251.287, the largest collection of confidential dokumentw ever been disclosed to the public. Telegrams, dating from 1966 to February of that year, contain secret messages exchanged between 274 interrogates various countries and the donors" embassies in the world and the U.S. Department of State. 15.652 messages until it is classified as secret.
But that"s not the end. Hundreds of thousands of secret State Department telegrams will be excreted daily newspapers selected, providing an unprecedented insight into the behind the scenes diplomacy over a dozen countries and the donors in the world and revealing the face of administrative orders kryzyswi konfliktw. Disclosure of messages causes understandable anxiety in the world of diplomacy and could lead to exacerbation stosunkwz niektrymi countries, affecting international systems in unpredictable manner whatsoever.
Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton and the American ambassadors around the world contacted in recent days with foreign government representatives to warn them of the expected publications. The White House argued that disclosure of what it describes as" stolen telegrams, "several newspapers was" an act of daring and dangerous "and warned that niektre telegrams, if disclosed in full, may hamper U.S. operations abroad and to jeopardize the work and force sensitive informatorw. Declaration stresses that the published reports often contain "candid and often incomplete information," ktrych disclosure may "in a deep manner whatsoever to affect not only the interests of American foreign policy, but also American sojusznikwi friends now in the world.
Getting messages 251.287 first, ktre were in possession of Wikileaks, were sent for publication in The Times by an intermediary on condition of anonymity. Many are nietajnych and none is considered a top-secret - as the most secure communication status. But about 11.000 is classified as secret, and 9.000 as "noforn" skrt used to refer to material in it deemed too delicate that they can be shared with any government of another country, and 4,000 are determined zarwno as secret and information is not different countries.
Top Secret
Many more messages secret lists diplomatic photographic credits from foreign military ustawodawcwi oficerw after aktywistw fight for human rights activists and journalists, often with a warning in the direction Waszyngtony: "Please protect" or "strictly protected".
"The Times" after consultation with the Department of State, withdrew from artykułwi dokumentw published on the website name niektrych osb, ktre talked privately with diplomats and could be in danger if they had been publicly identified. Times withdraws niektre also runs excerpts or entire messages, ktrych disclosure would harm the efforts of U.S. intelligence. While the White House hoped to Wikileaks publishes hundreds of thousands of messages on Sunday morning, the portal only 220 przekazw spread.
Dispatches show that nearly ten years after the attacks of 11 September 2001, terrorism continues to dominate relations with the world Stanw States.They show how the Obama administration is facing ktrzy Pakistanis are finding reliable partners against Al Qaedzie adds Australijczykw, ktrzy disappeared in the Middle East to assess whether terrorystwi powoźnik Advanced Member is a rickshaw from Lahore in Pakistan waiting for customers" and spied on the way to the U.S. consulate.
Confidential documents show the administration członkw leading systems in the growing strength of China and Russia, extending from democracy. Document the long-term efforts to prevent the construction of nuclear weapons by Iran and niepokjo potential Israeli attack on Iran under the same pretext.
September 11 world diplomacy "
These disclosures show diplomacy from the kitchen, stripping it from useful in most situations illusions. Politics, as we all know, is a game kompromisw, concessions and prbą forces.Conventions of verbal deprivation may lead agresorw world to seek more convincing, effective and niepokojowych wysiłkw exert pressure. Meanwhile, messages aside the veil of diplomatic niedomwień politykw expose the duplicity of official praise partnerw trusted strategic and privately subjecting their pathogenic and not free from criticism pettiness.
The consequences of this can be unpredictable. Diplomats and world leaders have already declared that published revelations might prompt them to less openness in discussions and reports to their countries and the donors, which may seriously hamper the policy management and prevention of problems.
The most concrete signs of deterioration due to U.S. strategic stosunkwz disclosure of messages is their sharp criticism by przywdcw Russia and Turkey.Putin condemned the comments attributed to U.S. Secretary of Defense dispatches, Robert Gates, saying that a politician has been seriously misled, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the U.S. apology for the messages suggest the financial irregularities were insufficient. "The United States is responsible for these false statements and diplomatic in their slander." These comments show how the controversy in the context of published przeciekw diplomatic impact on the sensitive issues of domestic politics in foreign countries and engages urzędnikw American diplomacy.
Although leading members of the American administration continues to play down the impact of messages on foreign policy, the newspaper every day brings another revelation przywdcw angry foreign countries.In Wednesday"s interview on "Larry King Live" on CNN, Putin rejected the criticism in the dispatches Gates attributed that "Russian diplomacy had disappeared" and that his government is "an oligarchy managed by the security services." "Our American colleagues I would advise you not to interfere with the independent selection of Russian citizens," Putin warned. A similar sharp responded Turkish Prime Minister, Erdogan, said ktry resign if the opposition proves his truthfulness regarding zarzutw financial irregularities. "Accepting as true lies and pomwień emanating from the personal animosity of one or dwch ambasadorw is very wrong," he said. One of the messages revealed by Wikileaks inform on the basis of dwch źrdeł, Erdogan said that the eight had accounts in Swiss banks. They also challenge the Prime Minister"s statement that the Turkish businessman pays education of four children in the United States premiere.
Pandora"s Box
There are also signs that the disclosed On some countries can cause unwanted messages policy responses. Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini presented the leak as "a September 11 world of diplomacy." That"s true. However, I"d choose rather porwnanie to open Pandora"s box. So far we do not know what would be the repercussions and what it will lead.
Representatives of the Obama administration, touched to the quick disclosure of unflattering views on foreign przywdcwi their rządw, rushed to apologize and to prove that properly protect classified data. Several senior urzędnikw administration, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, ensure that they make progress in the protection of information and intend to punish those who stole ktrzy messages. Clinton stated that the disclosure of official telegrams do not represent the opinion of the United Stanw."Our official policy is not included in these messages, but here in Washington."
Spy
Activity Clinton is hardly surprising, since in the published revelations she was a prominent role in encouraging the country representative of the policy to collect personal information on foreign countries przywdcw manner whatsoever licujący not only the dignity of a diplomat and administrator, but the nefarious practices przyrwnywany espionage. This is the published dispatches show that Hillary Clinton signed a recommendation instructing reprezentantw U.S. foreign service to spy on dyplomatw different countries.Signed by Clinton dispatches polecały State Department officials to collect odciskw palcw, facial images, DNA data and testing tęczwki African przywdcww to obtain passwords, credit cards and numerw częstokrotnych podrnych accounts, as well as Organization of personal data urzędnikw Narodw States, including the organization of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. On some articles appeared in newspapers calling on Clinton to resign. No doubt to impose duties dyplomatw spyware is deeply scandalous. Above all, however, calls into question the effectiveness of negotiations, Secretary of State of the diplomats, who did not forgive her too much creativity. Even for those ktrzy wilderness of oblivion her spontaneity, Clinton will be symbolized Stanw control over America. A discredited secretary of state means nothing else than a weakness Stanw States in the international arena.As suggested by the newspaper, the only way to avoid the embarrassing situation of foreign countries would be handing over the scalp Clintons.
Liars, of handling, thieves
Despite the measures taken by Washington prb control the leak, several dyplomatw expressed the opinion that publication of the messages may affect niektre of the most sensitive global issues and international relations. For example, messages cite krla Saudi Arabia, Abdullah II, calling the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Malaki, "liar" and confessing that it will not be supported. Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari Hoshyear states that the messages were "damaging" and could undermine efforts to create a new government. Dispatches show that many Arab countries and the donors are concerned about Iran"s nuclear weapons program, as well as many przywdcw encourage the U.S. to take military action, if necessary in order to block it.Arab diplomat in the country commented that, at least for some time, Middle Eastern diplomats are likely to be more reserved in what you believe in the American representatives. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the messages make it difficult for American diplomats and honest assessment would lead to the fact that foreign przywdcy will be more careful.
Messages may cause a strong reaction in Pakistan, where most of the population is distrustful Stanw States, and where, as we prove the security prevails niepokjo nuclear weapons program. One of the messages informed that the U.S. government prbował repeatedly but unsuccessfully to persuade the government that got rid of the Pakistani part of the nuclear material, ktry fear as representatives of the United Stanw may fall into the hands of dangerous groups."Every Pakistani nationalist, ktry pomstował against manipulation by their government Amerykanw, is now a Crown Dowd," said James Lindsay, a senior adviser to the National Security Council under President Clinton.
Analysts also held that the disclosed messages can also cause an acute reaction in Yemen, a country sensitive to further cooperation with the United States. One of the quotes published przekazw President Ali Abdullah Saleh in an interview with U.S. General David Petraeus, as has been suggested that the lie to his country in order to conceal the American strikes against the guerrillas.
CMJD most controversial and debated messages are transmitted, inter alia, on Turkey. He quotes a U.S. diplomat as MWI, the prime minister, Recep Erdogan Tayylp, is surrounded by a "clique doradcw incompetent."Documents show the importance of Turkey for Stanw States to gather intelligence on Iran or supplies for the army to allow the use of the fleet. Another tasty morsel is a determination by the President of Egypt Irańczykw as "big, fat kłamcw" award at the same time, however, that no Arab country is not pomgłby the United States in an attack on Tehran.
Messages reveal that the administration of the Republic of China was "scared to death visited President of the Board, Nancy Pelosi. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is known as Europe"s "tube" of Russian Prime Minister Putin. The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has a reputation of "reluctant to take risks and are rarely creative "and" sometimes the impression of uncertainty. " Przywdca Libya, Moammar Gadhafi, enjoys a reputation as "unpredictable and eccentric."Most, however, caused confusion, reports that the U.S. State Department diplomats gave instructions for the collection of personal data przywdcw Narodw United palcw as fingerprints, bank account numbers, etc.
Provocation?
The most unpredictable of recent information disclosed are those reports concern the role ktre Iran in the Iraq War. Analysts predict that it will benefit them probably zarwno extremists in Iran and the United States, ktrzy incites both countries to war. Telegrams prove indisputably Iraqi support atakww Iraq. Extensive reports describe how the Iranians wspdziałają with members of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Islamist parties szyitww partyzantww training Iraqi attacks on American soldiers.Iran has supplied the Iraqi police also held in lethal technology, such as bombs known as EFP, or explosive agents, capable of killing the soldiers inside a Humvee military pojazdw. In addition, messages describe Iranian specialty, a precise military-style kidnapping.
Record Iranian bombing, ambushes and kidnappings are so shocking that even the most pacifist may wonder how much provocation is necessary before the United States decides to respond to attacks. In the past, wars have been started because of the small provocation, and although none of these zarzutw is not new, they are reviewed during a critical period and it"s hard not to notice that this sudden show of force is compounded by the day, the Wikileaks has This swj share.
Former journalism school teaches that the naked truth, given without fear or personal sympathy, speak for itself.In the context revealed by Wikileaks diplomatic telegrams, however, remains an unsolved question of the intentions of these publications, especially when it comes to interpretations bohaterw war in Iraq, Iran or Afghanistan. Tell the truth, and stirs up hell, MWI proverb. It seems that in the case of messages we are dealing only with the latter.
At the base currency. The New York Times, Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, coll. Ela Zaworski
