I suggest we start a new Wikileaks thread to pull together all interesting news stories related to the ongoing Wikileaks revelations. Perhaps anything potentially market moving could be posted here (after you've 'pre-positioned' yourself accordingly, of course!) To get the ball rolling, here is a useful link courtesy of the Guardian online newspaper...basically a drip feed of Wikileaks highlights:- http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/series/us-embassy-cables-the-documents
If civilians are killed how could the war be won? McCristal deserved to be fired. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/187761
Find key stories and a selection of original documents by country, subject or people:- http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2010/nov/28/us-embassy-cables-wikileaks
US blocks access to WikiLeaks for federal workers Employees unable to call up WikiLeaks on government computers as material is still formally classified, says US http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/03/wikileaks-cables-blocks-access-federal Land of the free..
Search engine for the cables (very good):- http://cablesearch.org/ If you hit the ZEITGEST tab you can view what others are searching for. Now if the Feds were really smart they would track these searches. Quite a few middle eastern names appeared when I checked...you wonder if OTHERS are wondering what the USA knows about THEM... I did a quick search for "NORTH KOREA" and the following popped up:- USG CONCERNS OVER AUSTRIAN BANKING OPERATIONS http://cablesearch.org/cable/view.php?id=06VIENNA515&hl=north+korea
Hillary Clinton's question: how can we stand up to Beijing? "How do you deal toughly with your banker?" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/04/wikileaks-cables-hillary-clinton-beijing
PayPal, one of the most widely used online payment services, severed ties to WikiLeaks, following similar moves by the e-commerce Web site Amazon and the domain name company EveryDNS.net. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/world/05paypal.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss