Closed captioning of: WikiLeaks exposes U.S.’s overseas secrets
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release of
classified documents
from
wikileaks
.
>> reporter:
this is the third and by far the biggest release of u.s. secrets by
wikileaks
. u.s. officials say some of these leaks pose a serious threat to
national security
. but almost all are stunningly embarrassing. it seems that no one is spared in these cables obtained by
wikileaks
. the personal critiques by u.s. diplomats almost read like a teenag teenager's tweets. thin skinned like an emperor with no clothes. libya's home mar gadhafi, strange. a it's not going pretty in many cases.
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other cables provided in advance to a number of media outlets reveal the secrets of u.s. operations overseas. efforts in yemen -- one cable in january says yemen told
david petraeus
we'll continue saying the bombs are ours not yours. and in an effort to get pakistan to hand over enriched uranium from these reactors, it ultimately failed to pakistan was afraid it would be portrayed a as the
united states
taking pack can's nuclear weapons.
>> reporter:
this could shake governments, it could end programs, and it could seriously imperil
u.s. foreign policy
.
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but one of the most embarrassing revelations may involve the
u.s. state department
.
hillary clinton
and
condoleezza rice
ordered
intelligence services
to gather intelligence on -- the
prime suspect
in these massive leaks remains pfc bradley manning who remains in military custody, charged with downloading thousands of
state department
documents, many of which reportedly appear in this latest
wikileaks
release. now on the heels of this latest dump of u.s. secrets, some members of congress are calling on the obama administration to try to actually shut down
wikileaks
and charge wick i can leak's operators with espionage. that's highly unlikely. so instead the
state department
and the pentagon are looking for ways to tighten up their security to try to prevent such massive leaks in the future.
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