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Will Hillary Clinton & Lawrence Cannon Be Named By Wikileaks?

by NowPublic Staff | November 25, 2010 at 02:16 pm

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New Wikileaks Document Release Coming: United States Warns Foreign Embassies About Upcoming Wikileaks Release, Including Canada

Everytime Wikileaks releases a set of classified documents the United States gets nervous and apprehensive. This time the news reports say Wikileaks will release perhaps 2 million documents.

The Washington Post quotes U.S. State Department spokesperson P.J. Crowley.

Crowley said State does not know "exactly what WikiLeaks has or what they plan to do," but the consequences to American interests could be severe. The cables, for instance, could reveal that senior government officials in other countries are the sources of embarrassing information about the inner workings of those governments, thus making it more difficult for the State Department to obtain such intelligence in the future

So, the State Department in the USA has contacted foreign embassies and diplomatic missions, including Canada, that the Wikileaks release could contain politically sensitive information.

In Canada, one area of speculation is the case of Omar Khadr. Recently, Omar Khadr plead guilty to Terrorism before a U.S. military tribunal. Omar Khadr was the youngest person be held at the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison. Formally, he was declared a child soldier but Canadian never sought the extradition of Omar Khadr despite a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that said Khadr's constitutional rights had been violated.

Reports say Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lawrence Cannon, as informed about the Wikileaks document release by the U.S. ambassador to Canada, David Jacobson.

While no one knows what exactly the documents may reveal, speculation is that another issue that may be exposed is the pressure the U.S. put on other countries to repatriate Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Toronto-born Omar Khadr.

Recently, the Canadian government reluctantly agreed to finally bring him back to Canada after a discussion between Cannon and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Meanwhile, a Swedish court has upheld a detention order for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, concerning allegations of rape and sexual molestation.

The 39-year-old Australian, who denies the accusations, had appealed a lower court order allowing investigators to bring him into custody and issue an international arrest warrant.

The Svea Appeals court on Wednesday rejected his appeal.

Julian Assange says the charges are part of a smear campaign.

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YankeeJim

at 15:36 on November 26th, 2010

Just get it out there.

t k kidwai

at 03:18 on November 27th, 2010

Since Wikileaks does not own newspapers or TV channels,whatever is relaesed by Wikileaks in all likelyhood would be brushed under the carpet.Crimes committed by Politicians,bureaucrats and powerful businessmen never get the media attention.To increase sales media will sensationalise Wikileaks' releases,that is all.Food for thoughts is junked by media.

eltibon (not verified)

at 05:31 on November 28th, 2010

It will be the good issue.. i can't wait for that.. go ahead...speaks the truth.. the world awaits.

The 1 (not verified)

at 08:55 on November 28th, 2010

Wikileaks is playing a dangerous game. I believe this first issue concerning

'Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Gets New Arrest Warrant' www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/46537/

will just be the beginning of Mr. Assange problems.

New and continued pressure will come this week from

'U.S. State Department Says Planned WikiLeaks Release Will Endanger Lives'
www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-28/u-s-state-department-says-wikileaks-release-to-endanger-lives.html