It’s pretty astounding that a couple guys could have such broadly unfettered access to that amount and variety of info without being detected by some kind of monitoring software. Naturally, the Iranians, having just been slammed by the Stuxnet geniuses, think that it’s all a US ploy. I’d call 2.5 million documents a pretty elaborate one.

If Saudi Arabia wants to bomb Iran, what is stopping them? As for damage to US (imperial) foreign policy – foo on that. If the US wasn’t far too open to bombing other countries because some other foreign leader egged us on then the US government wouldn’t be in this fix in the first place. To me this has a very beneficial effect if it motivates foreign governments from rattling US sabers by proxy. If Saudi Arabia is going to attack Iran, there is nothing stopping them so long as they are ready to pay for their own attacks with their own money as well as risking their own pilots. It is long past time that the US Army and the United States should be cast as the evil empire. Let other countries defend themselves.
“But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.”John Quincy Adams

Saudi Arabia wants to bomb Iran because the Sunni hate the Shia. Nuclear weapons is just their “Let’s give ‘em a reason!” They want us to do it because, as Bin Laden reminded us, Muslims on Muslim killing is prohibited by the Q’ran.

The cables also point out that the Saudis are still the largest financiers of the Al Qaeda terrorists, and Iran is still supports the rebel dissidents in Saudi Arabia.

And people honestly think we should still be involved in this Eastern religious crap, no matter how economically devastating it is to our country? We are so screwed.

Sorry, I think you’re wrong. The siprnet has always had what I considered too much access. Having a security clearance is one thing, another part of it is having a “need to know”. The siprnet doesn’t do a good job of enforcing that requirement. It really could be one guy.

I hardly think Obama or his team is behind the leaks, since this batch exposes the cynicism and incompetence of his Administration, including the SecState, who might otherwise be a suspect.

The perp bragged how he was able to do it by taking a CD-RW into work, with music, playing the music as he erased it and replaced with downloaded data for hours every day for months. The punk should be charged with the maximum for each document, and never see the light of day.

Back when our security apparatus was directed by those with cojones, one might expect Assange to meet with an unfortunate accident. As it is, President Prissy-face will issue a sternly-worded statement, and threaten to issue an even more sternly-worded one if that doesn’t do the trick, whatever it is.

Ever hear this story? It was created around the first Gulf War…..

Two soldiers are sitting in Saudi Arabia, before the big push into Kuwait. One of them asks, “Hey, didja hear that the Saudi’s have a new national anthem?”

“No, what is it?”

“Onward, Christian Soldiers!”

“HAW!! Good one!”

“OK, so tell me, what’s the new Israeli national anthem?”

“I give up!”

“Onward, Christian Soldiers!”

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The point being what AngeleTC said: for the Saudis, it’s a religious war. The Shi’ite / Sunni rift is a deep and bloody one, but the Saudis prefer to keep their hands clean. They’ll try to entice us into whomping the Iranians, which is why the House of Saud has always been “neo-con warhawk”. Against certain targets, anywho.

But the only thing stopping the Saudis from attacking Iran are the Saudis.

Uh, I don’t think Al Qaeda was ever in charge of those regions. The insurgents fighting off the US occupation were a hodge-podge of forces.

“am I the only one who has noticed that WikiLeaks didn’t seem to have unfettered access to America’s top secrets until the Obama administration came to town?”

1) “America” doesn’t have any secrets. America’s government has secrets, for pretty much the same reasons as Pablo Escobar had secrets.

2) It was during the previous administration that Wikileaks published the US manual for conduct of war crimes at Guantanamo Bay. Given the lead time involved in most Wikileaks releases, it’s nearly certain that they procured the 6,780 Congressional Research Service reports they published on February 7, 2009, during that previous administration as well.

3) The only thing Wikileaks has “damaged” is the ability of America’s idiot politicians to pursue cockamamie schemes without the people who foot the bill knowing about it.

Word. I distrust every square inch of the federal government and think that sunlight, no matter how it comes is a good thing. Under the National Security Act, the feds have had free reign to do whatever they please overseas, the Founders would be horrified. But it’s in America’s best interest! Says who? Them? hahaha. As always, to answer every earthly question, follow the money.