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Wikileaks' 'cablegate:' how the newspapers approached it
The newspapers were given access to the material "several weeks ago," according to the New York Times, and the five agreed to begin publication online on Sunday. All the publications involved gave the US government early warning of their intention to publish, according to the Guardian. Italian daily
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saw this decision to publish online first as highly significant, describing 28 Novem...
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Wikileaks has struck again, this time releasing a quarter of a million confidential US diplomatic cables to select news organisations. After several days of anticipation following the US state department's warning to Congress on 24 November, The Guardian, The New York Times, Der Spiegel, Le Monde and El Pais published their first stories yesterday.
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