Clinton calls leaked documents attack on world

[Scurrilous]

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"Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the leak of hundreds of thousands of secret diplomatic documents is an attack not only on the United States but also the international community.

In her first public comments since the weekend release of the classified State Department cables, Clinton said Monday that online whistleblower Wikileaks acted illegally in posting the material. She said the Obama administration was "aggressively pursuing" those responsible for the leak.

She said the leaks erode trust between nations. But Clinton also said she was "confident" that U.S. partnerships would withstand the challenges posed by the latest revelations."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/29/AR2010112903164.html

[truedelphi]

1. This is already up and being discussed on Greatest Pages.

Good information, but already up. Straight Story placed it:

www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9649753

[ProSense]

2. It's strange how when

Hillary says it, it's gospel.

[Scurrilous]

3. Yep.

He posted a blurb from twitter. :thumbsup:

[EFerrari]

4. Attack on the world? Hmm. whose world is the WaHo talking about?

[emulatorloo]

8. It is a misleading headline for sure. "attack on the international communtity"

is what HRC said, Ala trust and partership in the international diplomatic community.

"Attack on the World" makes it sound like she is a nutcase.

[EFerrari]

9. Maybe they can't afford editors at the WaHo any more. n/t

[gratuitous]

5. gratuitous to Secretary Clinton: Get over yourself

Besides, as my government has tirelessly told me over the past 30 years, if you've done nothing wrong, you shouldn't have anything to hide. Unless, of course, this exposure begins rebuilding that critical mass that will force the current administration to begin investigating some of the crimes of the previous administration. Because that would apparently be very bad, indeed.

Very bad for whom, though?

[pretzel4gore]

6. you know the entire thing is snake oil

since the pigmedia is talking incessantly about it...if there was truly some kinda leak threatening mister pig he secretly track it down w/out alerting the herd, who might be stampeded right over mister pig in its gabardene rush to the deadly waters :) :) :) ;) :rofl: :eyes:
911 was an outside job klol

[BlueJac]

7. hilarious!.....

[Lucky 13]

10. An attack on the WORLD?! LOL!

Oh fer fucks sake. I liken this to audio taping all the mean girls at school as they gossip about each other... then playing it back over the intercom. It has caused those doing all the talking embarrassment and created strained relationships. It's in no means an attack on the school. In fact, the rest of the school finds it quite amusing and perhaps has taught the mean girls a valuable lesson.

For such vital, life-altering "secrets" they weren't very secret at all.

[Celtic Raven]

12. +1

The fact that they're all being pissy about each other is not earth shattering to anyone but them.

:nopity:



We need MORE sunshine not less.

[iamtechus]

11. Her world!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. She's "diplomatically" trying to cover her sorry ass.

[Canuckistanian]

14. "world" = "me"

She's overly introspective for a Secretary of State.

[MisterP]

15. yes, yes, yes, since 1750 elites always say they're representing "the world"

or "humanity"; the 19th-century-Liberal Central Americans loved to do this: enemies of El Señor Presidente were designated "enemies of mankind" or humanity