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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US President Barack Obama: Never before in history has a superpower lost control of such vast amounts of such sensitive information
SPIEGEL ONLINE - INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER
Compiled on Monday, November 29, 2010, 07:09 PM CET
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THE US DIPLOMATIC LEAKS
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A Superpower's View of the World
251,000 State Department documents, many of them secret embassy reports
from around the world, show how the US seeks to safeguard its influence
around the world. It is nothing short of a political meltdown for US
foreign policy.
http://www.spiegel.de/
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US AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY ON LEAKS
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'I Am not Going to Apologize'
The US ambassador in Berlin, Philip Murphy, 53, discusses his views of
Chancellor Angela Merkel, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and his
incredible anger over the leak of the diplomatic cables.
http://www.spiegel.de/
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LAUGHTER IN ROME, DENIALS IN BERLIN
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The World Reacts to Massive Diplomatic Leak
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, depicted as a vain party
animal in the US State Department cables disclosed by WikiLeaks on
Sunday, "had a good laugh" upon learning of the revelations. Others
aren't as sanguine. A US Representative wants to designate the Internet
platform as a terrorist organization.
http://www.spiegel.de/
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THE GERMANY DISPATCHES
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Internal Source Kept US Informed of Merkel Coalition Negotiations
The 250,000 US State Department documents made public by WikiLeaks
reveal that the US has an extensive network of informants in Berlin and
was kept informed of coalition negotiations as Chancellor Merkel was
forming her current government. US officials, the cables show, are
skeptical of several top German politicians.
http://www.spiegel.de/
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DIPLOMATS OR SPOOKS?
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How US Diplomats Were Told to Spy on UN and Ban Ki-Moon
The US State Department gave its diplomats instructions to spy on other
countries' representatives at the United Nations, according to a
directive signed by Hillary Clinton. Diplomats were told to collect
information about e-mail accounts, passwords and encryption keys, credit
cards, biometric information and a whole lot more.
http://www.spiegel.de/
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'TRIBUNE OF ANATOLIA'
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Diplomatic Cables Reveal US Doubts about Turkey's Government
The leaked diplomatic cables reveal that US diplomats are skeptical
about Turkey's dependability as a partner. The leadership in Ankara is
depicted as divided and permeated by Islamists.
http://www.spiegel.de/
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FOREIGN POLICY MELTDOWN
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Leaked Cables Reveal True US Worldview
The leak of over 250,000 American diplomatic cables could prove highly
embarrassing for the US State Department. The documents reveal what US
diplomats really think of other countries, and their worldview is
incredibly dark at times. Relations with several countries are likely to
suffer as a result.
http://www.spiegel.de/
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FORMER US-AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT WIKILEAKS
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'There Will Be Lots of Drama'
The leak of more than 250,000 confidential embassy reports is sending
shock waves through American diplomatic circles. John Kornblum, former
US ambassador in Berlin, tells SPIEGEL ONLINE how the disclosures have
shaken trust and why further leaks are to be expected.
http://www.spiegel.de/
REUTERS
King Abdullah of Saudi-Arabia: According to an embassy dispatch, he can't
stand his neighbors in Iran and, expressing his disdain for mullahs in Tehran,
said "there is no doubt something unstable about them.
Sheikh bin Zayed of Abu Dhabi: He told US diplomats that "a near term
conventional war with Iran is clearly preferable to the long term consequences
of a nuclear armed Iran."
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki (pictured) and Prime Minister Raila Odinga: A swamp
of flourishing corruption is said to extend across the country. Fifteen high-ranking Kenyan
officials have been banned from traveling to the United States, and almost every single
sentence in the embassy reports speaks with disdain of the Kenyan government.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan: The cables allege that Erdogan governs with a cabal
of incompetent advisors. Ankara Embassy officials depict a country on a path to an Islamist future
-- a future that likely won't include European Union membership
