Go on, WikiLeaks.
Pending the imminent release by WikiLeaks of sensitive U.S. diplomatic files, the U.S. government has warned Canada and other allies around the world that the documents might do serious damage to their diplomatic relations. Like, very serious.
U.S. officials say the documents may contain accounts of compromising conversations with political dissidents and friendly politicians and could result in the expulsion of U.S. diplomats from foreign postings.
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The same documents allege that Turkey allowed its citizens to smuggle weapons into Iraq and that the U.S. helped Kurdish terrorists wage a separatist war against Turkey.
“These revelations are harmful to the United States and our interests,” State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said. “They are going to create tension in relationships between our diplomats and our friends around the world.”
Crowley said the release of confidential communications about foreign governments probably will erode trust in the United States as a diplomatic partner and could cause embarrassment if the files should include derogatory or critical comments about friendly foreign leaders.
“When this confidence is betrayed and ends up on the front pages of newspapers or lead stories on television or radio, it has an impact,” Crowley said. (emphasis mine)
So the U.S. believes it is OK to betray the confidence of its allies as long as stories about it don’t end up in newspapers or the internet? Well how about this, America:
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