Wikileaks unveils a searchable library of diplomatic documents.
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You can now search among 2 billion confidential, or formerly confidential, government documents courtesy of Wikileaks.
The whistle-blowing group has set up a new "public library of U.S. diplomacy" offering more than 1.7 million diplomatic files from 1973 to 1976. Dubbed "The Kissinger Cables," the files reveal diplomatic cables, intelligence reports, and congressional correspondence, many of which relate to then U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
As expected, the documents focus on some hot-button issues, including U.S. involvement with dictatorships in Latin America and Greece, and the 1973 war "Yom Kippur war" fought by Israel, Egypt, and Syria. Given the period in history, many files also touch upon the Vietnam War and Watergate.
Joining "The Kissinger Cables" is a more recent archive of State Department documents previously dubbed "Cablegate." These 250,000 diplomatic cables, mostly from 2003 to 2010, were originally posted by Wikileaks in 2010 and revealed ... [Read more]
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