Controversial whistle-blowing website Wikileaks releases a new set of classified US documents - despite a US warning it could put lives at risk. Controversial whistle-blowing website Wikileaks releases a new set of classified US documents - despite a US warning it could put lives at risk. Whistle-blowing website Wikileaks has released 250,000 secret messages sent by US embassies which give an insight into current American global concerns. They include reports of Arab states - including the king of Saudi Arabia - urging the US to attack Iran and end its nuclear weapons programme. Other concerns include the security of Pakistani nuclear material that could be used to make an atomic weapon. The widespread use of hacking by the Chinese government is also reported. The US government has condemned the release of state department documents. "President Obama supports responsible, accountable, and open government at home and around the world, but this reckless and dangerous action runs counter to that goal," a White House statement said. "We condemn in the strongest terms the unauthorised disclosure of classified documents and sensitive national security information. The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, says the US authorities are afraid of being held to account. Earlier, Wikileaks said it had come under attack from a computer-hacking operation. "We are currently under a mass distributed denial of service attack," it reported on its Twitter feed. No-one has been charged with passing the diplomatic files to the website but suspicion has fallen on US Army private Bradley Manning, an intelligence analyst arrested in Iraq in June and charged over an earlier leak of classified US documents to Mr Assange's organisation. Wikileaks argues that the site's previous releases shed light on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.WiWiople who claim housing benefit are to be given more time by the government before sweeping new cuts are introduced
Wikileaks reveals US global fears
Wikileaks release of embassy cables reveals US concerns
Wikileaks has previously released documents relating to Iraq and Afghanistan
Sunday 28 November 2010
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