{"article":{"id":243744,"heading":"Notable WikiLeaks cables worth reading...","author":"Counter-Intelligence Insurgency","created":"2011-01-04 00:38:30","modified":"2013-11-11 01:05:57","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:05:57","article":"<br><br> Notable WikiLeaks cables worth reading... <br><br> by Counter-Intelligence Insurgency  <br><br> Sunday Jan 2nd, 2011  <br><br> Welcome! Join the world in reading some of the notable WikiLeaks cables that are freely available for your reading pleasure. No matter how much the right-wing war mongers cry out in anguish against the release of these documents, step right up, and read them while you still can...  <br><br> Brought to you by the Counter-Intelligence Insurgency... <br><br>  <br>  <br> Notable WikiLeaks cables worth reading...  <br><br>  <br>  <br> (Note: The UN is spied upon by the USA.)  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: (S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: THE UNITED  <br>  <br> NATIONS  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/07\/09STATE80163.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/07\/09STATE80163.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (US pressures NZ Minister to avoid hosting a Michael More film showing - fund raising event)  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: NEW ZEALAND MINISTER HOSTS MIKE MOORE&rsquo;S  <br>  <br> &ldquo;FAHRENHEIT 9\/11&rdquo; FUNDRAISER (ALMOST)  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2004\/07\/04WELLINGTON647.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2004\/07\/04WELLINGTON647.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; <br>  <br> (Note: Critical Sites: List of strategic interests to US capitalists &amp; ruling elite.) <br>  <br> SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION:CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES (CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEY RESOURCES LOCATED ABROAD) <br><br> 15. (S\/\/NF) Following is the 2008 Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative (CFDI) list (CI\/KR organized by region):  [BEGIN TEXT OF LIST] <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/02\/09STATE15113.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/02\/09STATE15113.html<\/a> <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; <br>  <br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; <br>  <br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (Note: The USA cannot legally extradite people from the EU, or transfer prisoners through the EU that may be tortured or executed, as a direct result. Regardless renditions still occur. To extradite Julian Assange to the USA, would violate EU laws.)  <br><br> SUBJECT: PORTUGUESE FM OFFERS TO RESIGN IF CIA FLIGHT  <br>  <br> ALLEGATIONS PROVE TRUE  <br><br> 1. (S\/NF) Summary: Portugal's Foreign Minister offered to  <br>  <br> resign if opposition forces can demonstrate any complicity on  <br>  <br> the part of the government regarding alleged illegal CIA  <br>  <br> rendition flights through Portuguese territory.  <br><br> NOTE:  <br>  <br> 6. (S\/NF) Portuguese law, as interpreted by the GOP (which  <br>  <br> could change), requires written assurance by the final  <br>  <br> destination country that detainees will not be tortured or  <br>  <br> receive the death penalty as well as a US guarantee that they  <br>  <br> will be treated according to internationally-recognized  <br>  <br> conventions in the destination country.  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2006\/10\/06LISBON2365.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2006\/10\/06LISBON2365.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: HMG RAISES THE BAR ON INTEL FLIGHTS  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2008\/05\/08LONDON1350.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2008\/05\/08LONDON1350.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: DOD INTEL FLIGHTS: FCO CLARIFIES  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2008\/05\/08LONDON1412.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2008\/05\/08LONDON1412.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: HMG OUTLINES NEW PROCEDURES FOR REQUESTING INTEL  <br>  <br> FLIGHT CLEARANCES  <br><br> [[[We understand that these additional precautionary measures stem from the February revelation that the USG transited renditioned persons through Diego Garcia without UK permission and HMG&rsquo;s resultant need to ensure it is not similarly blindsided in the future.]]]  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2008\/04\/08LONDON1115.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2008\/04\/08LONDON1115.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (Europe does not believe in US war on Afghanistan.)  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: EU PRESIDENT VAN ROMPUY&rsquo;S PLANS FOLLOWING  <br>  <br> COPENHAGEN AND FOR AFGHANISTAN  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2010\/01\/10BRUSSELS4.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2010\/01\/10BRUSSELS4.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (US fears generic drug that helps Aids patients.)  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: BRAZIL: PATENT DENIED, GOB PAVES WAY FOR GENERIC PRODUCTION OF IMPORTANT HIV DRUG  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/08\/09BRASILIA1017.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/08\/09BRASILIA1017.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: PANAMANIANS HOPE FOR A SUCCESSFUL COUP  <br>  <br> -- NORIEGA PLANS FOR A NEW YEAR IN POWER  <br><br> &para;1. SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT.  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/1989\/12\/89PANAMA8545.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/1989\/12\/89PANAMA8545.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (Panama wants DEA wiretapping system\/capabilities from USA.)  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: MARTINELLI WIRETAP QUEST SHOWS DARK SIDE OF NEW GOP  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/08\/09PANAMA639.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/08\/09PANAMA639.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (Note: US retaliates against EU over GMOs)  <br>  <br> See page -- <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/reldate\/2010-12-19_0.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/reldate\/2010-12-19_0.html<\/a>  <br><br> SUBJECT: FRANCE AND THE WTO AG BIOTECH CASE  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2007\/12\/07PARIS4723.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2007\/12\/07PARIS4723.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (More on GMO resistance in EU - Spain)  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: SPAIN'S BIOTECH CROP UNDER THREAT  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/05\/09MADRID482.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/05\/09MADRID482.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BIOTECH VOTES AT OCTOBER  <br>  <br> 19, 2009 MEETINGS  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/10\/09MADRID1013.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/10\/09MADRID1013.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (US pressures Spain on GMOs)  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: SURVEY: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD\/AGRICULTURAL  <br>  <br> COMMODITY PRICES  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2008\/04\/08MADRID489.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2008\/04\/08MADRID489.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (Pope supports GMOs)  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: POPE TURNS UP THE HEAT ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/11\/09VATICAN119.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/11\/09VATICAN119.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: FRANCE'S CHANGING AFRICA POLICY: PART I  <br>  <br> (BACKGROUND AND OUTLINE OF THE NEW POLICY)  <br><br> [[[The new policy may also provide opportunities for the U.S. to extend its influence in Africa without meeting French resistance or interference.]]]  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2008\/08\/08PARIS1501.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2008\/08\/08PARIS1501.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (UK is insecure of relationship with USA, with Obama in office.)  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: THE BRITISH ASK, IS OUR SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP STILL  <br>  <br> SPECIAL IN WASHINGTON?  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/02\/09LONDON348.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/02\/09LONDON348.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (US targets French minorities in effort to support French government, and protect US interests.)  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: EMBASSY PARIS - MINORITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2010\/01\/10PARIS58.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2010\/01\/10PARIS58.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (US Navy reluctant to bring naval ships to Barcelona due to racial problems.)  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: USS MT. WHITNEY: CITY AUTHORITIES, POLICE RUN FOR COVER  <br>  <br> FOLLOWING INCIDENT WITH CREWMEN  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/02\/09BARCELONA12.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/02\/09BARCELONA12.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (US Navy reluctant to bring naval ships to Barcelona due to racial problems.)  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: FOLLOW-UP JUDICIAL CASE: GEORGE THOMAS KEE, JR.  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/02\/09BARCELONA15.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/02\/09BARCELONA15.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: PART 1 OF 3: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SOUTH AFRICA&rsquo;S  <br>  <br> NEXT PRESIDENT  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/05\/09PRETORIA939.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/05\/09PRETORIA939.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: PART 3 OF 3: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SOUTH AFRICA&rsquo;S  <br>  <br> NEW PRESIDENT  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/05\/09PRETORIA954.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/05\/09PRETORIA954.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (Oil Giant - Shells stranglehold on Nigeria)  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: NIGERIA: SHELL CLAIMS PRODUCTION UNAFFECTED BY  <br>  <br> RECENT ATTACKS; COMMENTS ON GROWING VIOLENCE IN THE DELTA  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2008\/09\/08LAGOS368.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2008\/09\/08LAGOS368.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (More on Oil Giant - Shells grip on Nigeria)  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: (C) NIGERIA: SHELL BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON OIL GAS ISSUES,  <br>  <br> COMMENTS ON PRESIDENT'S HEALTH AND HIGH-LEVEL CORRUPTION  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/02\/09ABUJA259.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/02\/09ABUJA259.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: THE ORTEGA ADMINISTRATION AT 15 MONTHS: SLIPPING  <br>  <br> DOWNHILL  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2008\/05\/08MANAGUA573.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2008\/05\/08MANAGUA573.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (US creates obscene \"rap sheets' on Daniel Ortega &amp; family, to sway vote.)  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART I: THE CRIMES OF  <br>  <br> DANIEL ORTEGA AND HIS FAMILY  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2006\/05\/06MANAGUA1002.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2006\/05\/06MANAGUA1002.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> (US creates \"rap sheets' on Sandinistas, to sway vote.)  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART II: THE CRIMES OF THE  <br>  <br> SANDINISTAS (FSLN)  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2006\/05\/06MANAGUA1003.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2006\/05\/06MANAGUA1003.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: Sendero Luminoso: Incremental Gains in Mixed Picture  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/11\/09LIMA1659.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/11\/09LIMA1659.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: THE BATTLE JOINED: NARCO VIOLENCE TRENDS IN 2008  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/01\/09MEXICO193.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/01\/09MEXICO193.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: ISRAEL, A PROMISED LAND FOR ORGANISED CRIME?  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/05\/09TELAVIV1098.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/05\/09TELAVIV1098.html<\/a>  <br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  <br>  <br> SUBJECT: GOOGLE CLAIMS HARRASSMENT BY CHINESE GOVERNMENT  <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/07\/09BEIJING1957.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wikileaks.ch\/cable\/2009\/07\/09BEIJING1957.html<\/a>  <br><br>  <br>  <br> \n","contact":"anticapitalist@yahoo.com","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Join the world in reading some of the notable WikiLeaks cables that are freely available for your reading pleasure. 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