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WikiLeaks Cables Expose Names

Unredacted documents put online.

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WikiLeaks has published roughly 134,000 diplomatic cables in recent days, and many of the published documents did not conceal the names of the sources, including those whose names on the cables were marked “strictly protect.” In its previously published cables, WikiLeaks edited the cables to hide the identities of the diplomatic sources. The release could lead to negative reprisals for sources in authoritarian countries. One expert on government secrecy said, “If these cables have not been carefully reviewed, it’s likely to be problematic for any number of people named in the cables.” The cables also detail Apple's slow response to fight with counterfeits in China.

Read it at The New York Times

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