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Le procureur général des États-Unis a autorisé des choses, mais ne dit pas quoi.

Wikileaks cables : US looks to prosecute Julian Assange | The Guardian
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/06/wikileaks-cables-founder-julian-assange

International pressure on Julian Assange intensified tonight, as the US attorney general disclosed that he had authorised “significant” actions aimed at prosecuting the WikiLeaks founder over the release of thousands of diplomatic cables.

The US attorney general, speaking at a press conference in Washington, said: “The lives of people who work for the American people have been put at risk. The American people themselves have been put at risk by these actions that I believe are arrogant, misguided and ultimately not helpful in any way. We are doing everything that we can.”

Asked if he might mount a prosecution under the Espionage Act, Holder said: “That is certainly something that might play a role, but there are other statutes, other tools at our disposal.” Holder added that he had given the go-ahead for a number of unspecified actions as part of a criminal investigation into WikiLeaks. “I personally authorised a number of things last week and that’s an indication of the seriousness with which we take this matter and the highest level of involvement at the department of justice,” he said.

He refused to say whether the Obama administration would try to shut down WikiLeaks. “I don’t want to get into what our capabilities are,” Holder said. “We are looking at all the things we can do to try to stem the flow of this information.”

Aux États-Unis, il y a donc encore des gens pour se demander comment on peut « endiguer le flot d’information » sur Internet.

Il me semble important de noter que personne n’ose se demander publiquement comment faire retirer les #cablegate publiés sur le site du #Guardian britannique ou du #New_York_Times qui, pour l’heure, présentent plus de câbles diplomatiques confidentiels que le site de #Wikileaks lui-même.

L’#OTAN adopte de nouveaux plans pour la défense des #pays_baltes, notamment suite au retournement de position de l’Allemagne, traditionnellement méfiant sur cette question. #cablegate

WikiLeaks cables reveal secret Nato plans to defend Baltics from Russia | The Guardian
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/06/wikileaks-cables-nato-russia-baltics

But the bottom line is that there is enough political will in Nato now to do defence plans for the Baltic states. The opposition has melted away over the past 18 months," said Tomas Valasek, defence analyst at the Centre for European Reform. He worked with Madeleine Albright, the former US secretary of state, on drafting Nato’s new “strategic concept” this year.In a meeting last December in Brussels with the Nato ambassadors from Poland, the three Baltic states and the Nato secretary-general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, together with the US and German ambassadors, Ivo Daalder and Ulrich Brandenburg, secured agreement on the new policy.

“Ambassador Daalder acknowledged in these meetings that Germany had initiated the proposal,” says another secret cable. The east Europeans were delighted. Paul Teesalu, a senior Estonian diplomat, described the policy shift as “an early Christmas present” when told last December in Tallinn, according to a cable.

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State Department To Columbia University Students: DO NOT Discuss WikiLeaks On Facebook, Twitter
►http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/04/state-department-to-colum_n_792059.html

Talking about #WikiLeaks on Facebook or Twitter could endanger your job prospects, a State Department official warned students at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs this week.

An email from SIPA’s Office of Career Services went out Tuesday afternoon with a caution from the official, an alumnus of the school. Students who will be applying for jobs in the federal government could jeopardize their prospects by posting links to WikiLeaks online, or even by discussing the leaked documents on social networking sites, the official was quoted as saying.

“[The alumnus] recommends that you DO NOT post links to these documents nor make comments on social media sites such as Facebook or through Twitter,” the Office of Career Services advised students. “Engaging in these activities would call into question your ability to deal with confidential information, which is part of most positions with the federal government.”