Wikileaks Leak? Norwegian Paper Claims Access to Entire Cache of Cables

[Scurrilous]

Wikileaks and Julian Assange Have Held Exclusive Control Over Release of Cables -- Until Now

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"Norway's main business newspaper reported Wednesday that the Aftenposten news service has obtained unfettered and unauthorized access to the entire cache of secret government documents held exclusively by Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange.

If true, Aftenposten would be the only international news organization to have direct possession of the entire trove of U.S. diplomatic cables and military records believed to have been originally leaked by U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning.

The paper does not reveal who leaked the documents from inside Wikileaks' operations."

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"Until now, Wikileaks has selectively released roughly 2,000 of the more than quarter million controversial documents, disseminating them to the general public through a handful of news organizations, including The New York Times, Guardian and Der Spiegel newspapers.

The leak from Wikileaks could undermine Assange's plan to use the release of the documents as leverage against foreign governments."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wikileaks-leak-norwegian-paper-claims-access-entire-cache/story?id=12459571

[grasswire]

1. BofA! BofA! BofA!

The people want it.

[Toucano]

2. What is the "plan to use the release of the documents as leverage" all about?

This is the first I'm hearing of this, and it sounds like bullshit.

[pnwmom]

3. Sounds like extortion when it's put that way. n/t