UPDATE: JULIAN ASSANGE Freed!

UPDATE: New Wikileaks release to contain corruption allegations against governments in Russia, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Europe and East Asia.

Release of these documents is expected sometime next week, by the usual media outlets including the Guardian, Der Spiegal, the New York Times and this time also El Pais (Spain) and Le Monde (France). Note these documents have already been in the possession of these media outlets for some time so they can redact any info that might endanger people's lives.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AN5HL20101124

 

The Wikileaks website is undergoing a DDOS (distributed, denial of service) attack, making it very difficult for people to access the site right now. No doubt this cyberattack is coming from the US gov't to prevent the release of more than 2 million documents, mostly diplomatic cables from the US State Department. Wikileaks has said the release would occur Sunday night, whether or not their site is operational.

Five newspapers have had access to the documents and are expected to release the cables soon. Der Spiegel, a German magazine has already started, releasing some info just as Wikileaks came under attack.

Here's some highlights:

Included are 251,287 cables and 8,000 diplomatic directives
One cable dates back to 1966, but most are newer than 2004
9,005 documents date from the first two months of 2010
Der Spiegel, The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde and El País have had access to the files and reviewed them.
None of the documents are classified ‘Top Secret’, but only ‘Secret’ at the highest clssification rating. This was also confirmed by Politico’s White House correspondent Mike Allen on Twitter, quoting the US administration.

More info here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...eferred-to-Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-as-Hitler.html

For the latest info check out Wikileaks Twitter: http://twitter.com/wikileaks
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OK, Guardian has just released now!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

A few revelations:
Arab leaders are privately urging an air strike on Iran.
US officials have been instructed to spy on the UN's leadership.
Grave fears in Washington and London over the security of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme
Alleged links between the Russian government and organised crime.
Devastating criticism of the UK's military operations in Afghanistan.
Claims of inappropriate behaviour by a member of the British royal family.