The White House condemned the release, saying Sunday that it puts at risk not only the cause of human rights,
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WikiLeaks was founded by Assange,
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Britain’s The Guardian newspaper says other cables reveal that Arab leaders are privately urging an airstrike on Iran and that U.S. officials have been instructed to spy on the U.N.’s leadership.
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WikiLeaks announced on its Twitter page last week that it was planning to publish almost 3 million secret documents — some seven times more than the 400,
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Earlier Sunday,
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The letter from Harold Koh, dated November 27, says it is in response to a letter sent by Assange to the U.S. Ambassador to Britain, stating Assange’s decision to publish the documents on WikiLeaks.
On Saturday, the legal adviser for the U.S. Department of State sent a letter to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his attorney, warning that his stated intention to publish more classified U.S. documents violates U.S. law.
The website WikiLeaks has released the content of hundreds of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables to several international newspapers, in a move condemned by the White House.
The New York Times says the cables reveal, among other things,
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State’s letter warns that releasing the information could endanger the lives of U.S. service members,
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The New York Times and The Guardian were among the publications given access to the documents before their release on the WikiLeaks website.
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