It's being reported that a 22-year old Army intelligence analyst (already under arrest for leaking video of the 2007 U.S. helicopter attack that killed two Reuters employees in Iraq) may well have downloaded thousands of diplomatic cables from U.S. government computer networks which contained classified (and perhaps extremely embarrassing) material.And the results of his letting them out could be catastrophic.
...American embassies worldwide are bracing for a massive, mortifying release of the messages that could reveal the inner workings and assessments of United States diplomacy, compromising secret procedures, identities and evaluations. And the unknown impact diplomatically and politically on the issue of the Democratic president's job competency. Says one diplomat, "If he really had access to these cables, we've got a terrible situation on our hands."
This is definitely a story to keep an eye on.
