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| WikiLeaks list names global sites |
| 2010-12-06 |
| WIKILEAKS has released a secret list of key infrastructure sites around the world whose loss or attack by terrorists, according to the State Department, could "critically impact'' US security. New Zealand's Southern Cross undersea cable landings at two Auckland beaches were on the list. The leaked February 2009 memo from the US State Department requested overseas US missions to list infrastructure and key resources around the globe "whose loss could critically impact the public health, economic security and/or national and homeland security of the United States''. It lists undersea cables, key communications, ports, mineral resources and firms of strategic importance. On its website, the Southern Cross Cable Network says it provides fast and secure international bandwidth from Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii to the USA. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 So, it would be hard (not that it would stop them) for anyone (read lefties of the world) to claim defense of these things was "not in America's interests..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2010-12-06 10:19 |
| #1 My guess is that Assange attempted to sell the documents to the US but the US refused to play. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-12-06 02:29 |