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A reminder that various news organizations are still doing the hard work of digging through the Wikileaks-leaked US diplomatic cables, and parsing out the newsworthy contents. The Guardian’s archive of daily recaps is here. We’re now 23 days into Cablegate, and today’s edition is here: it includes a nod to related coverage in the New York Times and Der Spiegel.
In today’s batch, cables concerning nuclear reactors in Bulgaria; Richard Branson’s disdain for the quality of the UK’s education system, Libya vs. Marks & Spencer in Tripoli; and Syria’s belief that Israel was behind the sniper killing of General Muhammad Suleiman, President Bashar al-Assad’s top security aide.
Also, revelations of Afghan heroin growers holding back reserves of the drug like bank savings; surveillance of “individuals moving radioactive substances” around London waved off by British security services before the poisoning of Litvinenko.
And finally, the US threatening Italy to ensure no international arrest warrants were issued for CIA agents accused of being involved in cleric Abu Omar’s abduction.
A lot of leaks for one day. If my count is correct, less than 2,000 of the 250,000 cables have been released or reported on to date—just a fraction.