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    U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT FEARS POSSIBLE DISMISSAL OF OFFICIALS OVER WIKILEAKS DISCLOSURES

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    August 31, 2011 - 11:12 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - In a shift of tactics that has alarmed American
    officials, the antisecrecy organization WikiLeaks has published on
    the Web nearly 134,000 leaked diplomatic cables in recent days, more
    than six times the total disclosed publicly since the posting of the
    leaked State Department documents began last November.

    A sampling of the documents showed that the newly published cables
    included the names of some people who had spoken confidentially to
    American diplomats and whose identities were marked in the cables
    with the warning "strictly protect."

    State Department officials and human rights activists have been
    concerned that such diplomatic sources, including activists,
    journalists and academics in authoritarian countries, could face
    reprisals, including dismissal from their jobs, prosecution or
    violence, The New York Times reports.

    Since late 2010, international media have had access to more than
    250,000 State Department cables originally obtained by WikiLeaks.




    From: A. Papazian
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